A patient diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness lives independently. This patient often has command hallucinations and shouts warnings to neighbors. After a short hospitalization, the patient's landlord says, "You can't come back here. You cause too much trouble." What problem is the patient experiencing?

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The inability to obtain shelter because of negative attitudes about mental illness is an example of stigma. Stigma is defined as damage to reputation, shame, and ridicule society places on mental illness. Data are not present to identify grief as the patient's problem. Recidivism refers to repetition of a previous offense. Insurance parity is not relevant to this scenario.

A Patient Diagnosed with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Lives