AIM: To record and measure the nature and severity of stigma and discrimination experienced by people during a first episode of schizophrenia and those with a first episode of major depressive disorder. METHODS: The Discrimination and Stigma Scale (DISC-12) was used in a cross-sectional survey to elicit service user reports of anticipated and experienced discrimination by 150 people with a diagnosis of first-episode schizophrenia and 176 with a diagnosis of first-episode major depressive disorder in seven countries (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Sweden and Turkey). RESULTS: Participants with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder reported discrimination in a greater number of life areas than those with schizophrenia, as rated by the total DISC-12 score (p = .03). With regard to specific life areas, participants with depression reported more discrimination in regard to neighbours, dating, education, marriage, religious activities, physical health and acting as a parent than participants with schizophrenia. Participants with schizophrenia reported more discrimination with regard to the police compared to participants with depression. CONCLUSION: Stigma and discrimination because of mental illness change in the course of the mental diseases. Future research may take a longitudinal perspective to better understand the beginnings of stigmatisation and its trajectory through the life course and to identify critical periods at which anti-stigma interventions can most effectively be applied.

• Klíčová slova
• Stigma, depression, discrimination, first episode, schizophrenia,
• MeSH
• depresivní porucha unipolární diagnóza   psychologie   MeSH
• diskriminace (psychologie) * MeSH
• duševní zdraví MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• logistické modely MeSH
• průřezové studie MeSH
• psychiatrické posuzovací škály MeSH
• schizofrenie (psychologie) MeSH
• schizofrenie diagnóza   MeSH
• společenské stigma * MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• multicentrická studie MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Česká republika MeSH
• Chorvatsko MeSH
• Polsko MeSH
• Rakousko MeSH
• Rumunsko MeSH
• Švédsko MeSH
• Turecko MeSH