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ObjectiveTo understand the status of stigma and subjective well-being of patients with mental disorders and co-resident family members， to analyze the correlation between them， and to compare the impact of stigma upon the subjective well-being of patients and family members of the same household.MethodsPatients with mental disorders （n=154） and their families （n=154） who visited the outpatient department of a tertiary psychiatric hospital in Chengdu from October to November 2019 were selected， and four instruments were used for collecting the data， including self-designed demographic information questionnaire， self-designed disease-related information questionnaire， brief version of Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale （ISMI-10） and Index of Well-Being Scale （IWB）.ResultsA total of 118 （76.62%） patients with mental disorders and 151 （98.05%） family members experienced stigma. The total score and each factors score in ISMI-10 of family members were higher than those of patients （P