Stygmatyzacja a dobrostan chorych psychicznie – aspekty pastoralne
Stigma and Welfare of Mental Illness Patients – Pastoral Apects

Summary/Abstract: The article, basing on researches, shows how, multidimensional stigmatization has an impact on the process of recovery for mentally ill persons. There is presented the social view of the mentally ill persons and its impact on auto-stigmatization of the patients. There is also described the complex situation of the families of mentally ill persons and the meaning of the “society network” in the recovery process. All these, in the context of responsibilities and possibilities of local (parish) and particular community (diocese) of the Church. Thanks to the stable (theologically, socially and economically) structures of its community, the Church significantly can enrich and stabilize the network of society of the mentally ill patients, what is very important in the process of their recovery and has fundamental impact for their welfare.

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