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" People with schizophrenia are being discriminated against in countries across the world, research suggests. A report published in the Lancet claims that people with the condition experience discrimination from family members, while looking for or trying to stay in employment, and while trying to make and keep friends. Researchers analysed people&amp;#039;s reaction to schizophrenia across 27 countries for their study. They found that 47 per cent of participants experienced negative discrimination while making or keeping friends and 43 per cent witnessed it with family members. Those suffering from the condition also reported prejudice when finding and keeping jobs. Worryingly, 64 per cent of participants also admitted to expecting discrimination when applying for work, training or education, meaning they did not apply for positions because they expected employers to be biased against them due to their schizophrenia. Of all the participants interviewed across the 27 countries, 72 per cent said they felt the need to conceal their diagnosis. The authors of today&amp;#039;s report conclude: &amp;#039;Rates of both anticipated and experienced discrimination are consistently high across countries among people with mental illness. Measures such as disability discrimination laws might, therefore, not be effective without interventions to improve self-esteem of people with mental illness. &amp;#039;Even allowing for the possible effect of anticipated discrimination influencing patients&amp;#039; views of their experiences, negative experienced discrimination in many domains of life might be related to prior coercive mental health service intervention. If confirmed by further studies, this finding might guide mental health services to promote social inclusion and to rely less upon compulsory treatment in the future.&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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