Psychiatrists can cause stigma too

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Too similar, too different: the paradoxical dualism of psychiatric stigma

Challenges to psychiatric stigma fall between a rock and a hard place. Decreasing one prejudice may inadvertently increase another. Emphasising similarities between mental illness and 'ordinary' experience to escape the fear-related prejudices associated with the imagined 'otherness' of persons with mental illness risks conclusions that mental illness indicates moral weakness and the loss of an...

Can psychiatrists prevent suicide? Yes, in collaboration.

P sychiatrists can help to prevent suicide, both in populations and in their patients, but they cannot do it alone. First, contributing to greater treatment of depression where it is prevalent and largely untreated can help to prevent suicide in populations. Second, optimal care of patients with depression represents an avenue of action. Third, better treatment and collaborative care for patien...

Stigma toward schizophrenia: do all psychiatrists behave the same? Latent profile analysis of a national sample of psychiatrists in Brazil

BACKGROUND An important issue concerning the worldwide fight against stigma is the evaluation of psychiatrists' beliefs and attitudes toward schizophrenia and mental illness in general. However, there is as yet no consensus on this matter in the literature, and results vary according to the stigma dimension assessed and to the cultural background of the sample. The aim of this investigation was...