Table 1 FGD Topic List
Thoughts about Mental Illness and Stigma -Can you describe a PMI? What comes to mind? | |
-Can you tell me more about such (repeat terms participants used to reflect stigmatizing attitude to first question if any) that you or other people have towards mental illness? | |
Follow-up questions on vignette (30mins) | |
-What, according to you, would people think about this person? | |
-Can you describe some of the positive or negative perceptions they might have? | |
-Do you think people will be willing to work with the person described in the vignette? | |
-Do you think people will be willing to include this person in their social or friend circle? | |
Role of culture in stigma | |
-Some people believe that the culture of the society plays a role in stigma. Would you agree with that? Can you tell us why you think that way? |