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Loch, Alexandre Andrade; Rössler, Wulf

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27839-1_6

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“…HCPs are essential in bringing about change since their perspectives on mental disorders have an effect on others. 24 Furthermore, HPCs feel they/themselves have total control over therapy and care because they are the experts, which is another empowerment aspect. In addition, they exhibit less tolerance when engaging with those who suffer from mental disorders while they are not at work.…”

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Beliefs and Attitudes of Health Care Professionals Toward Mental Health Services Users’ Rights: A Cross-Sectional Study from the United Arab Emirates

Abdulla¹,

Webb²,

Mahmmod³

et al. 2022

JMDH

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The beliefs and attitudes of healthcare professionals (HCPs) towards service user's rights in mental healthcare are critical to understanding as it impacts the quality of care and treatment, leading to social discrimination and possible coercive professional practices. This study aimed to investigate the association between the HCPs' beliefs and attitudes towards service users' rights in seeking treatment in the UAE and to identify or may predict the stigmatized attitudes and behaviors among HCPs. Patients and Methods: Data was collected from HCPs participants working at three healthcare entities (n=307) allocated at selected primary and tertiary healthcare settings that specifically treat mental disorders. The Health Professionals Beliefs and Attitudes towards Mental Health Users' Rights Scale (BAMHS) questionnaire was used to assess the beliefs and attitudes. Unconditional associations using regression models included whether HCPs provide care to specific mental health patients, whether treating mental health patients is part of their jobs, whether HCPs receive professional training for mental healthcare, nationality of HCPs, and the number of years of professional experience. Results: Our findings demonstrate that HPCs understand mental disorders and feel that individuals' rights should be equal to those who do not have mental disorders while believing in autonomy and freedom, but there is a level of discrimination and a high level of social distance. HCPs are less tolerant when interacting with those with mental disorders outside their professional lives. Conclusion: Interventions with long-term follow-up activities must be implemented and assessed using assessment systems that measure acquired knowledge and actual behavioral change to ensure anti-stigma impact in practice and policy.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beliefs and Attitudes of Health Care Professionals Toward Mental Health Services Users’ Rights: A Cross-Sectional Study from the United Arab Emirates

Abdulla¹,

Webb²,

Mahmmod³

et al. 2022

JMDH

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“…Another possible explanation for the lack of main and interaction effects outside of the behavioural domain, may be that mental illness awareness is better now than in the past, and this may have improved attitudes for those who do not know someone personally. Whilst previous research suggests stigma towards IMI is particularly resistant to change (Loch & Rössler, 2017;, studies regarding the effectiveness of antistigma campaigns in Aotearoa New Zealand (Like Minds Like Mine; Cunningham et al, 2017), and similar countries like Australia (beyondblue; Harman & Heath, 2017) and England (Time to Change; Henderson et al, 2020) have found the public's knowledge about mental illnessif not definitively attributable to these programmeshas developed significantly since these were conceived; thus lending support to this explanation. Moreover, the potential higher education level of participants might have also positively contributed to their awareness of mental illness, with previous research finding such an association (Economou et al, 2020;Found & Duarte, 2013;Hansson et al, 2016).…”

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“…The media has been found to exert a significant effect upon the formulation of community attitudes and perceptions towards IMI and ICO (Link & Stuart, 2017;Willis, 2018). Media portrayal of IMI is replete with negativity, often imprecise, and reinforcing of negative stereotypes (Loch & Rössler, 2017;West et al, 2014). Specific themes include IMI being dangerous, unpredictable, helpless, and violent (Cohen & Kolla, 2019;Krupchanka & Thornicroft, 2017;McGinty et al, 2016).…”

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An Examination of Community Attitudes towards Individuals with Mental Illness who have Criminally Offended compared to Individuals with Mental Illness and Individuals who have Criminally Offended

Sutton¹

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Negative community attitudes can have a significant impact upon recovery, reintegration, and desistance of individuals with mental illness and those who have criminally offended. Despite sharing characteristics with individuals with mental illness (IMI) and individuals who have criminally offended (ICO) that are independently stigmatising, no study has investigated whether individuals with mental illness who have criminally offended (IMICO) experience more, less, or similar levels of stigma as IMI and ICO. This research aimed to compare and examine community attitudes towards these three groups. An online experiment was conducted with an Aotearoa New Zealand adult community sample, with participants completing a survey and being randomly assigned to answer questions about their perceptions and affective, cognitive, and behavioural attitudes towards either IMI, ICO, or IMICO. Familiarity with mental illness and criminal offending were included as independent variables, whilst media scepticism and empathy were also measured as key demographic influences. Results indicated that attitudes were significantly more positive towards IMI, with no significant difference between ICO and IMICO across attitudinal domains. The influence of familiarity was limited to behavioural attitudes only, with an interaction effect for mental illness and a main effect for criminal offending; media scepticism was partially correlated with attitudes towards IMI (perceptions/affective domains) and IMICO (cognitive domain); whilst empathy, with the exception of personal distress, was consistently related to more positive attitudes across groups. These findings extend previous research and theory regarding how IMI, ICO, and IMICO are viewed by the community, with implications and directions for future research discussed.

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Étude d’opinion des Mauricien.nes sur les maladies mentales pouvant être stigmatisantes en particulier concernant les personnes âgées

PIRBHAI-JETHA¹,

BONCOEUR²

2021

Trayectorias Humanas Trascontinentales

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Quelle image nous vient-il à l’esprit lorsque l’on pense à une personne atteinte de troubles neurologiques ? Les stéréotypes abondent : soit c’est une personne qui hurle et fracasse tout autour d’elle, soit c’est une personne, assise, silencieuse, sans voix. Pour le premier cas, on l’appellera un fou ou dans le langage mauricien ou le créole « fouca » ou « pagla » ; et pour le deuxième cas, on pense à un vieux, atteint d’Alzheimer. L’Autre, atteint de démence, est souvent perçu comme ayant une identité fragmentée. Il perd ainsi toute sa dignité humaine lorsqu’il est vu comme un personnage inquiétant ou qui fait honte, et lorsqu’il doit être enfermé ou caché de la société. Déconnecté du monde humain, il devient un mort-vivant. Notre étude, toujours dans un état embryonnaire, a pour objectif à court terme de faire un état des lieux des personnes âgées atteintes de troubles neurologiques à Maurice. Nous avons contacté les ONG, des chercheurs travaillant sur le sujet et nous avons aussi fait un sondage sur la perception des Mauriciens sur les personnes âgées atteintes de troubles neurologiques. Les résultats et analyses nous amènent à conclure que davantage d’effort doit être fait pour sensibiliser les gens afin de réduire les stigmates et ainsi créer une société plus inclusive.

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Cited by 5 publications

References 41 publications

Beliefs and Attitudes of Health Care Professionals Toward Mental Health Services Users’ Rights: A Cross-Sectional Study from the United Arab Emirates

Beliefs and Attitudes of Health Care Professionals Toward Mental Health Services Users’ Rights: A Cross-Sectional Study from the United Arab Emirates

An Examination of Community Attitudes towards Individuals with Mental Illness who have Criminally Offended compared to Individuals with Mental Illness and Individuals who have Criminally Offended

Étude d’opinion des Mauricien.nes sur les maladies mentales pouvant être stigmatisantes en particulier concernant les personnes âgées

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