| Stigmatization of 'psychiatric label' by medical and non-medical students. | |
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PMID: 21719515 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Backround: Stigmatization of psychiatric patients is present both in the general population and among healthcare professionals. AIM: To determine the attitudes and behaviour of medical students towards a person who goes to a psychiatrist, before and after psychiatric rotation, and to compare those attitudes between medical and non-medical students. METHODS: The study included 525 medical students (second and sixth year of studies) and 154 students of law. The study instrument was a three-part self-reported questionnaire (socio-demographic data, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and a vignette depicting a young, mentally healthy person). The experimental intervention consisted of ascribing a 'psychiatric label' to only one set of vignettes. All the vignettes (with or without the 'psychiatric label') were followed by 14 statements addressing the acceptance of a person described by vignette, as judged by social distance (four-point Likert scale). RESULTS: Higher tendency to stigmatize was found in medical students in the final year, after psychiatric rotation (Z(U) = -3.12, p = .002), particularly in a closer relationship (Z(U) = -2.67, p = .007) between a student and a hypothetical person who goes to a psychiatrist. The non-medical students had a similar tendency to stigmatize as medical students before psychiatric rotation (Z(U) = -0.03, p = .975). Neither gender, nor the size of student's place of origin or average academic mark was associated with the tendency to stigmatize in our sample. However, student's elf-esteem was lower in those with a tendency to stigmatize more in a distant relationship (ρ = -0.157, p = .005). CONCLUSIONS: Psychiatric education can either reinforce stigmatization or reduce it. Therefore, detailed analyses of educational domains that reinforce stigma will be the starting point for anti-stigma action. |
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Sanja Totic; Dragan Stojiljkovic; Zorana Pavlovic; Nenad Zaric; Boris Zarkovic; Ljubica Malic; Marina Mihaljevic; Miroslava Jasovic-Gasic; Nadja P Maric |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-6-30 |
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Title: The International journal of social psychiatry Volume: - ISSN: 1741-2854 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jun |
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Created Date: 2011-7-1 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0374726 Medline TA: Int J Soc Psychiatry Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia. |
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