A multicentric study on stigma towards people with mental illness in health sciences students

BMC Medical Education

Ana Masedo¹  Berta Moreno-Küstner²  Claudio Bustos³  Cristina Romero-López-Alberca⁴  J. Miguel Pena-Andreu⁵  Alexis Vielma-Aguilera⁶  Elvis S. Castro-Alzate⁷  Miguel Xavier⁸  Sandra Saldivia⁹  Pamela Grandón^1,10 

[1] Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain;MARISTAN Network, Málaga, Spain;Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain;MARISTAN Network, Málaga, Spain;Biomedical Research Institute of Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain;Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile;Department of Psychology, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, 11519, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain;Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain;Department of Public Health and Psychiatry, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain;Doctorate in Mental Health. Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile;Doctorate in Mental Health. Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile;Human Rehabilitation School, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia;MARISTAN Network, Málaga, Spain;Comprehensive Health Research Centre, NOVA Medical School, Lisboa, Portugal;MARISTAN Network, Málaga, Spain;Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile;MARISTAN Network, Málaga, Spain;Department of Psychology, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile;

关键词: Stigma;    Undergraduate education;    Health sciences;    Attitudes;    Mental health;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-021-02695-8

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThere is evidence of negative attitudes among health professionals towards people with mental illness but there is also a knowledge gap on what training must be given to these health professionals during their education. The purpose of this study is to compare the attitudes of students of health sciences: nursing, medical, occupational therapy, and psychology.MethodsA comparative and cross-sectional study in which 927 final-year students from health sciences university programmes were evaluated using the Mental Illness: Clinicians’ Attitudes (both MICA-2 and MICA-4) scale. The sample was taken in six universities from Chile and Spain.ResultsWe found consistent results indicating that stigma varies across university programmes. Medical and nursing students showed more negative attitudes than psychology and occupational therapy students in several stigma-related themes: recovery, dangerousness, uncomfortability, disclosure, and discriminatory behaviour.ConclusionsOur study presents a relevant description of the attitudes of each university programme for education against stigma in the formative years. Results show that the biomedical understanding of mental disorders can have negative effects on attitudes, and that education based on the psychosocial model allows a more holistic view of the person over the diagnosis.

【 授权许可】

CC BY