| [Medical Students' Attitudes towards Mental Illness - A Matter of Studies or Personality?]. | |
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PMID: 22334088 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Stigmatization of mental illness is a widespread phenomenon even among health professionals. To explore the origins of this inappropriate attitude, medical students at the beginning and in the end of their studies were examined with self-report measures of social distance towards mentally ill persons, beliefs about etiology of mental disorders, valuation of psychotherapy and the personality features empathy and narcissism. While the students' attitudes turn out to be unrelated to the personality features, significant differences between the two groups were found indicating that distance towards mentally ill patients in the medical role and ambivalence about the etiological factors of mental disorders are stronger pronounced in the end of the studies compared to the beginning. These findings underline the need to prepare medical students better for contacts with mentally ill patients. |
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Authors:
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Eva Neumann; Rainer Obliers; Christian Albus |
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Type: English Abstract; Journal Article Date: 2012-02-14 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie Volume: 62 ISSN: 0937-2032 ISO Abbreviation: Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol Publication Date: 2012 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-02-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8002823 Medline TA: Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol Country: Germany |
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Languages: ger Pagination: 66-72 Citation Subset: IM |
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© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York. |
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Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Fakultät, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf. |
Vernacular Title:
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Einstellungen von Medizinstudierenden zu psychischen Erkrankungen - Eine Frage des Studiums oder der Persönlichkeit? |
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