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Interventions to Reduce Stigma Related to Mental Illnesses in Educational Institutes: a Systematic Review
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This investigation reviews the effectiveness of anti-stigma interventions employed at educational institutes; to improve knowledge, attitude and beliefs regarding mental health disorders among students. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) checklist guidelines were followed and protocol was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42018114535). Forty four randomized controlled trials were considered eligible after screening of 104 full-text articles against inclusion and exclusion criteria.Several interventions have been employed to tackle stigma toward psychiatric illnesses, including education through lectures and case scenarios, contact-based interventions, and role-plays as strategies to address stigma towards mental illnesses. A high proportion of trials noted that there was a significant improvement for stigma (19/25, 76%), attitude (8/11, 72%), helping-seeking (8/11, 72%), knowledge of mental health including recognition of depression (11/14, 78%), and social distance (4/7, 57%). These interventions also helped in reducing both public and self-stigma. Majority of the studies showed that the anti-stigma interventions were successful in improving mental health literacy, attitude and beliefs towards mental health illnesses.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Waqas, A., Malik, S., Fida, A., Abbas, N., Mian, N., Miryala, S., Amray, A. N., Shah, Z., & Naveed, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Hartford Hospital (US)
- King Edward Medical University (PK)
- FMH College of Medicine & Dentistry (PK)
- Dow University of Health Sciences (PK)
- Weiss Memorial Hospital (US)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Waqas, Ahmed
- Venue
- Psychiatric Quarterly
- Published
- 2020-05-05
- Volume
- 91
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 887-903
- ISSN
- 0033-2720 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6709
- PMC
- PMC7395002
- OpenAlex
- W3022881768
- Cited by
- 176
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 54 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 1.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Psychiatric Quarterly (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Liverpool
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › School Health and Nursing Education
- Keywords
- mental health stigma, stigma reduction interventions, students, mental health literacy, attitudes toward mental illness, contact-based interventions, role play, case scenarios, public stigma, self-stigma, social distance, depression detection
- MeSH terms
- Psychosocial Intervention, Mental Disorders, Health Education, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Role Playing, Persons with Psychiatric Disorders, Social Stigma
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