Perceived Stigma Towards Psychiatric Illnesses in Mental Health Trainees: A Cross-Sectional Study

Caregivers’ Attitude towards People with Mental Illness and Perceived Stigma: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary Hospital in Nepal

BACKGROUND Mental illness is stigmatized in most of the communities and people with such illness are often subjected to defame. Stigma impairs an individual's and their caregiver's physical, social and emotional wellbeing, and health-seeking behavior. Sufficient literature on how often the caregivers of people with mental illness from low and middle-income countries are stigmatized and how they...

Public stigma associated with mental illnesses in Pakistani university students: a cross sectional survey

Background. The objectives of the study were to explore the knowledge and attitudes of Pakistani university students toward mental illnesses. People with mental illnesses are challenged not only by their symptoms but also by the prejudices associated with their illness. Acknowledging the stigma of mental illness should be the first essential step toward devising an appropriate treatment plan. M...

Stigma towards mental illness among medical and nursing students in Singapore: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES To assess stigma towards people with mental illness among Singapore medical and nursing students using the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC), and to examine the relationship of students' stigmatising attitudes with sociodemographic and education factors. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional study conducted in Singapore PARTICIPANTS: The study was conducted...

Psychiatric classification, stigma, and mental health.

Perceived stigma and mental health care seeking.

OBJECTIVE There is limited empirical evidence on the extent to which perceived public stigma prevents individuals from using mental health services, despite substantial recent policy interest in this issue. This study investigated associations between perceived public stigma and mental health care seeking. METHODS This study used cross-sectional survey data from a representative sample of und...