title: [From deinstitutionalization to social rejection: the point of view of ex-psychiatric patients].
abstract: A series of in-depth interviews conducted with ex-psychiatric patients who use alternative resources in the area of mental health has revealed several manifestations of rejection, stigmatization and discrimination. These are experienced as significant and determining with respect to the social integration of patients, as well as harmful to their quality of life in the community. Data shows that this population suffers from social isolation due to lack of communication with community members and from various forms of rejection and disparating attitudes on the part of entourage. Their fragile socio-economic conditions confine them to live in a sub-culture and at the fringe of society.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poulin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Massé
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011287:Prejudice; D012934:Social Isolation; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: De la désinstitutionnalisation au rejet social: point de vue de l'ex-patient psychiatrique.