A study of stigmatized attitudes towards people with mental health problems among health professionals
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The project aimed to assess stigmatized attitudes among health professionals directed towards patients with mental health problems. The Attitude to Mental Illness Questionnaire was used to assess participants' attitudes towards fictitious patients from a secure forensic hospital and patients with schizophrenia and substance use disorders. Participants were health professionals from acute and mental health settings. In total, 108 completed questionnaires were received. Participants had highly stigmatized attitudes towards patients from a forensic hospital and those with active substance use disorders. Attitudes were less stigmatized to people with substance use disorders who were recovering in remission. This suggested that health professionals have stigmatized attitudes towards an illness such as schizophrenia and this is worse towards patients from a secure hospital. The manner in which patients with substance use disorder are presented can have a significant effect on stigmatized attitudes by health professionals.
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In the United States, there is stigma around mental health, and negative attitudes toward mental illness are pervasive even among professional health care workers.
“In the United States as well, there is stigma around mental health. Even among professional health care workers, negative attitudes toward mental illness are pervasive [10].”
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A lower level of cultural identity may act as an unclear group identity to reduce the constraints of a group culture, which could have a direct influence on mental health information seeking.
“This finding reveals that for an issue, which was perceived as stigmatized in both individualistic and collectivistic cultures [6,10], a lower level of cultural identity may act as an unclear group identity to reduce the constraints of a group culture, which could have a direct influence on mental health information seeking.”
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- Authors
- RAO, H., MAHADEVAPPA, H., PILLAY, P., SESSAY, M., ABRAHAM, A., & LUTY, J.
- Affiliations
- Mile End Hospital (GB)
- Basildon Hospital (GB)
- ORCID
- LUTY, J.
- Venue
- Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-03-06
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 279-284
- ISSN
- 1351-0126 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2850
- OpenAlex
- W2133468880
- Cited by
- 222
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Keywords
- stigma, mental health professionals, attitudes toward mental illness, forensic psychiatric patients, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, remission
- MeSH terms
- Alcoholism, Attitude of Health Personnel, Mental Disorders, Employment, Health Personnel, Humans, Mental Health, Prejudice, Psychotic Disorders, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stereotyping, Substance-Related Disorders
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