Public stigma and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking in the United Arab Emirates: The mediational role of self-stigma

Vally, Zahir; Cody, Brettjet; Albloshi, Maryam A.; Alsheraifi, Safeya N. M.

doi:10.1111/ppc.12282

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“…Consistently, stigma was cited as a negative factor affecting professional psychological help-seeking attitude (10,76,77). On one hand, people with personal stigma may hide their thoughts to avoid addressing emotional problems, as they would feel uncomfortable, ashamed, and embarrassed to talk about these with professionals (67).…”

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Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Community-Dwelling Population in China

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Objective: To explore the attitudes and factors in seeking professional psychological help among a Chinese community-dwelling population in order to promote positive helpseeking behaviors and better utilization of mental health services. Methods: Using system and simple random sampling with Kish selection table methods, 912 community-dwelling residents were included in this study and asked about their attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, depression symptoms, family function, depression literacy, help-seeking intention, and stigma.Results: Scores on the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help scale (ATSPPH-SF) indicated a neutral attitude toward openness to seeking treatment for psychological problems and a negative attitude toward the value and need to seek treatment with a negative total score. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that gender, age, social support (employment status and family function), depression literacy, stigma, and help-seeking intention are significantly associated with attitude toward seeking professional psychological help. Conclusion:The overall attitude toward seeking professional psychological help is not optimistic, thus, more efforts are needed to enhance understanding. Effective interventions including mental health education, training of mental health professionals, and popularizing the use of mental health services are essential, especially for the at-risk population.

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Section: Stigma and Help-seeking Intentionmentioning

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Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Community-Dwelling Population in China

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“…Recent evidence suggests in addition to being especially vulnerable to stressful experiences resulting from training, students and practitioners in mental health professions may also be susceptible to the effects of mental health‐related stigma . Two thirds of a sample of 678 UK‐based clinical psychologists reported experiencing at least one mental health problem (62.7% of the sample), while half of the sample reported the experience of two or more mental health problems.…”

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Mental health stigma continues to impede help‐seeking and self‐care efforts among trainees in mental health professions

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2018

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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“…Endorsing weakness of character as a cause of mental illness is indicative of a dominant negative stereotype of mental illness and linked to low MHL [41,56]. This finding may be reflective of Arab cultural beliefs that link negative emotional expression with weakness, especially if such expression damages the family's social standing and elicits public stigma [10,57].…”

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Mental Illness Stigma and Associated Factors among Arabic-Speaking Religious and Community Leaders

Krstanoska-Blazeska

Thomson

Slewa‐Younan

2021

IJERPH

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Evidence suggests that Arabic-speaking refugees in Australia seek help from informal sources, including religious and community leaders, when experiencing mental health issues. Despite their significant influence, there is scarce research exploring attitudes of Arabic-speaking leaders toward mental illness. The current exploratory study explored mental illness stigma and various factors among Arabic-speaking religious and community leaders. This study uses a subset of data from an evaluation trial of mental health literacy training for Arabic-speaking religious and community leaders. Our dataset contains the pre-intervention survey responses for 52 Arabic-speaking leaders (69.2% female; mean age = 47.1, SD = 15.3) on the ability to recognise a mental disorder, beliefs about causes for developing mental illness, and two stigma measures, personal stigma, and social distance. Being female was associated with a decrease in personal stigma. An increase in age was associated with an increase in personal stigma. Correct recognition of a mental disorder was associated with decreased personal stigma, and after adjusting for age and gender, significance was retained for the I-would-not-tell-anyone subscale. Endorsing the cause “being a person of weak character” was associated with an increase in personal stigma. There is an urgent need for future research to elucidate stigma to develop effective educational initiatives for stigma reduction among Arabic-speaking leaders.

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Public stigma and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking in the United Arab Emirates: The mediational role of self-stigma

Abstract: Stigma reduction campaigns in this locale should target internalized stigma and its associated socio-cultural nuances.

Cited by 28 publications

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Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Community-Dwelling Population in China

Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Community-Dwelling Population in China

Mental health stigma continues to impede help‐seeking and self‐care efforts among trainees in mental health professions

Mental Illness Stigma and Associated Factors among Arabic-Speaking Religious and Community Leaders

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