STIGMA KELUARGA TERHADAP ANGGOTA KELUARGA YANG MENDERITA SKIZOFRENIA DI UNIT RAWAT JALAN RUMAH SAKIT JIWA GRHASIA DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA

Zalita Putriana (Stikes Jenderal Achmad Yani Yogyakarta)
Dewi Retno Pamungkas (Stikes Jenderal Achmad Yani Yogyakarta)
Puji Sutarjo (RSJ Grhasia Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta)

Media Ilmu Kesehatan
Vol 4 No 2 (2015): Media Ilmu Kesehatan

Background:Stigma is a wrong belief, which is more likely based on emotional reaction to isolate and punish individual who actually need help. Stigma of a family toward their family members will impact on the recovery of patient with schizophrenia. Objective:To explore the family stigma toward family members with schizophrenia in out patient unit of Grhasia Psychiatric Hospital in Yogyakarta Special Region. Method:This research was descriptive with the use of a questionnaire. The data collecting technique was purposive sampling with the number of samples of 98 respondents. Result:Family stigma toward family members withs chizophrenia was viewed from several faktors, they were education, gender, age, andtribe. Stigma was measured into three categories: namely low, medium, and high. Conclusion:Stigma was measured into three categories; there were 4 respondents (4,1%) with low stigma, 79 respondents (80,6%) with medium stigma, and 15 respondents (15,3%) with high stigma. Most of the family have medium stigma toward family members with schizophrenia. Keyw ords: Stigma, schizophrenia, family.