scholarly journals Associated factors of stigma toward people with mental illness among university and school students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Al Omari ◽  
Atika Khalaf ◽  
Sulaiman Al Sabei ◽  
Dianne Wynaden ◽  
Cherry A. Ballad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
School Students ◽  
People With Mental Illness

scholarly journals Magnitude and Associated Factors of Perceived Stigma among Adults with Mental Illness in Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etsedingl Hadera ◽  
Endalamaw Salelew ◽  
Eshetu Girma ◽  
Sandra Dehning ◽  
Kristina Adorjan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Perceived Stigma ◽  
Medication Side Effects ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Medication Side ◽  
Adults With Mental Illness

Background. Many people with mental illness perceive and experience stigma caused by other people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. The stigma can lead to patients’ impoverishment, social marginalization, poor adherence to medication, and low quality of life, worsen the disease, decrease health-seeking behavior, and have a negative impact on socioeconomic well-being. Therefore, this study aimed to explore these issues. Objective. To assess the magnitude and associated factors of perceived stigma among adults with mental illness in an Ethiopian setting. Methods. A facility-based, cross-sectional study design with a consecutive sampling technique was employed from September 1 to 30, 2012. Data for perceived stigma were assessed by using the perceived devaluation-discrimination (PDD) scale from new or returning patients. The data was analyzed by using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. The results were described with the frequency table, graph, mean, and standard deviation. Bivariate analysis was used to get candidate variables for multivariate logistic regression analysis. Variables with a P value of < 0.05 at multivariate analysis were considered statistically associated with perceived stigma. Results. A total of 384 participants were interviewed and the response rate was 100%. The prevalence of high and low perceived stigma was 51% and 44%, respectively. Having substance use history (AOR=0.6, 95% CI: 0.4–0.9) and family support (AOR=2.5, 95% CI: 1.5–4.3) and medication side effects (AOR=0.6, 95% CI: 0.5–0.8) were associated statistically with higher perceived stigma of people with mental illness. Conclusion. Perceived stigma is a major problem of adults with mental illness in this outpatient setting in Ethiopia. Patients who had substance use and family support and medication side effects were more likely to have high perceived stigma. Therefore, screening and management of substance use, social support, and medication side effect should be strengthened for people with mental illness.

scholarly journals Community rehabilitation orders with additional requirements of psychiatric treatment

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Clark ◽  
Jeremy Kenney-Herbert ◽  
Martin S. Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
Community Rehabilitation ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
The Relationship

It is not uncommon for people with mental illness to be convicted of a criminal offence. The relationship between the two is not necessarily simple. It may be diffuse and subtle, perhaps relating to the disinhibiting effect of severe mental illness or associated factors such as poor social integration, unemployment, lack of close and intimate relationships or substance misuse.

Reduction of negative social attributions towards people with mental illness through a combination of treatments

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. s245-s246
Author(s):  
C. Vaquero ◽  
M. Cebollero ◽  
M.Á. Escudero ◽  
J. Saiz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
School Students ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Social Attributions ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
And Gender

IntroductionStigma towards people with mental illness can have very negative consequences for the persons that experience it. So, it becomes strongly necessary to combat this problem.Objectives/AimsEvaluate the effectiveness of multiple interventions to reduce stigma against mental illness in a group of high school students.MethodsQuasi-experimental study. Seventy-six students between 16 to 19 years old from 3 schools of southern Madrid State participated. No significant differences in age and gender between groups were found. The quasi-control group was obtained from 3 different classrooms (1 in each school). This group did not go through any treatment. The experimental group had 2 treatments. Treatment “A” consisted in 1 psychoeducation session. Treatment “B” was 1 visit (real or virtual) to the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum. Persons exercising as museum guides had been diagnosed with mental illness. They already were participants in the PCEA program of the CRPS Latina. The instrument to assess stigma was the AQ-27, validated in Spanish.ResultsWe found significant reductions of stigma in all dimensions explored: Anger (A vs BC; P < 0.001), Threat (A vs BC; P < 0.001), Fear (A vs BC; P < 0.001), Coercion (A vs BC; P < 0.001) Segregation (A vs BC; P < 0.001) and Avoidance (A vs BC; P < 0.001).ConclusionsThe combination of treatments for intervention on stigma in samples of school students seems to be a very effective option to reduce stigma.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Impact of work experience placements on school students' attitude towards mental illness

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 159-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanathi Kennedy ◽  
Ravindra B. Belgamwar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
School Students ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Students Attitudes

Aims and methodResearch shows that 16- to 19-year-olds express the greatest level of negative attitudes towards people with mental illness. Our aim was to assess the effectiveness of work experience placements in influencing secondary-school students' attitudes towards mental illness and career choices. The Adolescent Attitude Towards Mental Illness questionnaire measured and assessed the adolescents' attitude changes. Pre- and post-evaluation questionnaires assessed changes in their career choices.ResultsThere was a statistically significant change in the adolescents' attitudes, especially regarding categorical thinking and perceptions that people with mental illness are violent and out of control. There was also a positive shift in their career choices towards options in the field of mental health.Clinical implicationsWork experience placements can have a positive impact on secondary-school students' attitudes towards mental illness and may improve the level of student recruitment into the field of psychiatry.

scholarly journals Community Attitude and Associated Factors towards People with Mental Illness among Residents of Worabe Town, Silte Zone, Southern Nation’s Nationalities and People’s Region, Ethiopia

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. e0149429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asres Bedaso ◽  
Tebikew Yeneabat ◽  
Zegeye Yohannis ◽  
Kufa Bedasso ◽  
Fetuma Feyera
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Community Attitude ◽  
People With Mental Illness

scholarly journals Mental Health Stigma: Explicit and Implicit Attitudes of Canadian Undergraduate Students, Medical School Students, and Psychiatrists

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harman S. Sandhu ◽  
Anish Arora ◽  
Jennifer Brasch ◽  
David L. Streiner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Mental Health Stigma ◽  
School Students ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Stigmatizing Attitudes ◽  
Medical School Students

Objectives: To compare explicit and implicit stigmatizing attitudes towards mental illness among undergraduate students, medical school students, and psychiatrists, and to assess whether attitudes are associated with education level, exposure to, and personal experience with mental illness. Methods: Participants from McMaster University were recruited through email. Participants completed a web-based survey consisting of demographics; the Opening Minds Scale for Healthcare Providers (OMS-HC) 12-item survey, which measures explicit stigma; and an Implicit Association Test (IAT), measuring implicit bias toward physical illness (diabetes mellitus) or mental illness (schizophrenia). Results: A total of 538 people participated: undergraduate students ( n = 382), medical school students ( n = 118), and psychiatrists ( n = 38). Psychiatrists had significantly lower explicit and implicit stigma than undergraduate students and medical school students. Having been diagnosed with mental illness or having had a relationship with someone experiencing one was significantly associated with lower explicit stigma. Mean scores on the OMS-HC “disclosure/help-seeking” subscale were higher compared with the “attitudes towards people with mental illness” subscale. There was no correlation between the OMS-HC and IAT. Conclusions: These findings support the theory that increased education and experience with mental illness are associated with reduced stigma. Attitudes regarding disclosure/help-seeking were more stigmatizing than attitudes towards people with mental illness. The groups identified in this study can potentially benefit from anti-stigma campaigns that focus on reducing specific components of explicit, implicit, public and self-stigma.

scholarly journals Implementing local projects to reduce the stigma of mental illness

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Warner
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
School Students ◽  
Entertainment Media ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Stigma Of Mental Illness

AbstractThis editorial describes strategies used and the lessons learned in implementing two local anti-stigma projects. The WPA Programme to Reduce Stigma and Discrimination Because of Schizophrenia established projects to fight stigma in 20 countries, using social-marketing techniques to enhance their effectiveness. First steps at each site were to establish an action committee and conduct a survey of perceived stigma. Based on survey results, the action committees selected a few homogeneous and accessible target groups, such as employers, and criminal justice personnel. Messages and media were selected, tested, and refined. Guidelines are provided for setting up a consumer (service-user) speakers' bureau and for establishing a media-watch organization, which can lobby news and entertainment media to exclude negative portrayals of people with mental illness. Improvements in knowledge about mental illness were effected in high school students and criminal justice personnel. Positive changes in attitude towards people with mental illness were achieved with high school students, but were more difficult to achieve with police officers. Local antistigma projects can be effective in reducing stigma and relatively inexpensive. The involvement of consumers is important in working with police officers. Project organizers should be on the lookout for useful changes that can become permanent.

Social Inclusion of People with Mental Illness

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Leff ◽  
Richard Warner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
People With Mental Illness
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