World survey of mental illness stigma

Seeman, Neil; Tang, Sabrina; Brown, Adalsteinn D.; Ing, Alton

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2015.10.011

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“…Furthermore, both groups see psychiatry as a medical disease with biological basis. Similar to that concept in the last decade, there has been increasing recognition of significantly poorer health outcomes for people with serious mental illness (SMI) and studies comparing SMI groups to non-SMI identify a higher level of physical health problems [19].…”

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Investigating stigma attitudes towards people with mental illness among residents and house officers: an Egyptian study

Eissa

Elhabiby

El-Serafi

et al. 2020

Middle East Curr Psychiatry

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Background: Stigma is a basic component of the negative discrimination that people with mental illness experience every day. It blocks access to facilities that have been created to help people with mental illness. Furthermore, the attitudes held by people with authority (including clinical staff and officers) towards people with mental illness are likely to influence their attitude towards them and hence the experience and treatment outcome of the patients. The aim of this work is to study and compare the attitudes of Egyptian residents of different clinical specialties and house officers towards patients with mental illness. The current study aimed to study the attitudes of Egyptian medical residents and house officers towards patients with mental illness and compare between both groups. This cross-sectional comparative study was designed to assess 150 residents and 201 house officers at Ain Shams University Hospitals by using the Mental Illness Clinician Attitude Scale version 4 (MICA-4) and newly designed questions related to stigma. Results: The study revealed that the scores of MICA questionnaire were significantly lower than the cut point for negative attitude in both residents and house officers (P < 0.0001). In addition, there was a trend of an increase in MICA scores throughout the three levels of seniority but with no statistically significant difference. Furthermore, there was no statistical significant finding regarding the majority of MICA items or stigma sheet questions across the different specialties. Conclusion: Stigma is one of the most disabling factors that prevent people with mental illness to live a normal social and occupational life and thus receive a good quality of life and equal chance of medical health care as other non-psychiatric patients.

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Investigating stigma attitudes towards people with mental illness among residents and house officers: an Egyptian study

Eissa

Elhabiby

El-Serafi

et al. 2020

Middle East Curr Psychiatry

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“…155,156 Studies conducted with children who have experienced armed conflict universally reveal that these children look toward education to improve their lives and futures. 158 In light of this and in consideration of the cultural stigma associated with mental illness, 159 providing mental health services in a school setting may be more socially and culturally acceptable. 160 In addition to addressing psychological trauma and promoting mental health in children who are affected by armed conflict, psychosocial and mental health programs are a means to promote resilience in children.…”

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The Effects of Armed Conflict on Children

Kadir¹,

Shenoda²,

Goldhagen³

et al. 2018

Pediatrics

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More than 1 in 10 children worldwide are affected by armed conflict. The effects are both direct and indirect and are associated with immediate and long-term harm. The direct effects of conflict include death, physical and psychological trauma, and displacement. Indirect effects are related to a large number of factors, including inadequate and unsafe living conditions, environmental hazards, caregiver mental health, separation from family, displacement-related health risks, and the destruction of health, public health, education, and economic infrastructure. Children and health workers are targeted by combatants during attacks, and children are recruited or forced to take part in combat in a variety of ways. Armed conflict is both a toxic stress and a significant social determinant of child health. In this Technical Report, we review the available knowledge on the effects of armed conflict on children and support the recommendations in the accompanying Policy Statement on children and armed conflict.

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“…The method encourages quick, instinctive answers from random individuals who are not self-selected survey takers and who have no incentive to respond other than a curiosity about the questions posed. The methodology has been previously used to measure global mental health stigma [11] and also the prevalence of suicidal ideas on college campuses [12] . It has shown high test-retest reliability in global surveys [13] as long as the questions that are posed are relatively few, short, and straightforward.…”

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Worldwide Preferences for Natural Remedies for “Nervousness” and Common Colds

2018

J Psychiatry Brain Sci.

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In order to assess the prevalence of use of natural remedies for "nervous" disorders, a global random online survey was conducted in July 2017 using RDITTM sampling methodology. There were 75,101 respondents worldwide. For both nervousness and common colds, the preference was for natural plant remedies over prescription drugs, with at least a 3:2 margin for most of the 50 countries surveyed. The preference for natural products was not restricted to any specific demographic although respondents over age 65 were less likely than younger respondents to endorse this preference. The two countries that were exceptions to this general observation were Japan and Thailand, and the reasons for this are probed in the discussion. Despite known safety hazards of natural remedies, their use has become a universal phenomenon.

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World survey of mental illness stigma

Cited by 179 publications

References 24 publications

Investigating stigma attitudes towards people with mental illness among residents and house officers: an Egyptian study

Investigating stigma attitudes towards people with mental illness among residents and house officers: an Egyptian study

The Effects of Armed Conflict on Children

Worldwide Preferences for Natural Remedies for “Nervousness” and Common Colds

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