Mental illness through the perspective of undergraduate medical students in Greece: a cross-sectional study at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Georgia-Nektaria Porfyri,
Maria Athanasiadou,
Vasileios Siokas
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionNumerous studies reveal that mental health-related stigma, stereotypes, and prejudices negatively affect the patients, jeopardizing their health, prognosis, and social opportunities. Healthcare professionals, who are in the first line of combating mental disease, are expected to play a significant role in drastically changing discriminatory and stigmatizing attitudes toward psychiatric patients and in diminishing the existing healthcare and social disparities. In this study, we aimed to explore and… Show more
“… 14 In Greece, mental illness, including SMI, requires dedicated attention and improvement from healthcare professionals, with significant gaps in care. 15. , 16.…”
“… 14 In Greece, mental illness, including SMI, requires dedicated attention and improvement from healthcare professionals, with significant gaps in care. 15. , 16.…”
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