NurseLine Journal
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2019): November 2019

STIGMA AGAINST PEOPLE WITH SEVERE MENTAL DISORDER (PSMD) WITH CON FINEMENT “PEMASUNGAN”

Erti Ikhtiarini Dewi (Unknown)
Emi Wuri Wuryaningsih (Unknown)
Tantut Susanto (Unknown)



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Publish Date
07 Sep 2026

Abstract

In Indonesia, Confinement to PSMD is well known as "Pasung". One reason family decided to restrict the behaviour of PSMD is feeling shame. It caused PSMD hard for achieving recovery from his illness. The purpose of this study was to describe the community perceived PSMD with confinement. A quantitative descriptive study was used in this study. The sample size of this study was 150 respondents with a purposive sampling technique. The instrument of this study used the Community Attitudes questionnaire toward the Mentally Ill (CAMI). The results showed that 50.7% of the people were pro-stigmatized while 49.3% were counter-stigmatized. It can be concluded that there was still a high stigma about the PSMD who have been confined. This community stigma will cause any harms for PSMD with confinement. The PSMD will be hampered his recovery because he can't access treatment from a health care provider freely. Commonly, PSMD is often being victims of criminal acts and discriminated against. Family and community especially around them have an important role in helping recovery PSMD.

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NLJ

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Focus and scopes of the journal including: Medical and surgical nursing (Adult) Emergency and critical nursing Gerontological nursing Family health nursing Mental health nursing Maternity nursing Nursing leadership and management Complementary and alternative medicine in nursing Education in ...