Repository logo
 
Publication

Stigmatizing attitudes toward patients with psychiatric disorders among medical students and professionals

2020Journal article Open access
Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Ana Margarida
dc.contributor.authorMachado, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorFonseca, João B.
dc.contributor.authorPalha, Filipa
dc.contributor.authorMoreira, Pedro S.
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorMorgado, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-04T16:10:46Z
dc.date.available2020-05-04T16:10:46Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Stigma attached to mental health encompasses discrimination and exclusion of psychiatric patients and hinders their opportunities to have more productive and fulfilling lives. Moreover, stigma also exists among health professionals, and therefore, it hampers the provision of treatment and care and the promotion of mental well-being. This manuscript intends to assess and compare the levels of stigmatization toward patients with mental illness between medical students and doctors from different specialties. Methods: The Portuguese version of Attribution Questionnaire (AQ-27) was used to assess the attitudes of medical students (n = 203), non-psychiatry doctors (n = 121), and psychiatry specialists (n = 29) from the University of Minho and three hospitals in the region of Braga, Portugal (Hospital de Braga, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, and Hospital de Fafe). Results: Psychiatrists were the group that displayed lower levels of stigmatizing attitudes in all the items of the AQ-27, followed by the students. The regression analyses revealed that professional group and presence of a relative with mental illness were the factors that have a significant impact on the levels of stigmatization. Conclusions: Mental illness stigma is widely spread in community and reaches not only general population but also health professionals. Psychiatrists presented lower levels of stigma compared with non-psychiatry physicians and medical students. We found that stigma is related with age and the presence of relatives with psychiatric disorders. These findings highlight the critical relevance of raising awareness on this topic and, therefore, break stereotypes to reduce the negative consequences of stigma.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationOliveira, A.M., Machado, D., Fonseca, J.B., Palha, F., Moreira, P.S., Sousa, N., …Morgado, P. (2020). Stigmatizing attitudes toward patients with psychiatric disorders among medical students and professionals. Front. Psychiatry, 11:326pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00326pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85085092629
dc.identifier.eissn1664-0640
dc.identifier.pmcPMC7207477
dc.identifier.pmid32425827
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/30501
dc.identifier.wos000536167000001
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediapt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectStigmapt_PT
dc.subjectMental healthpt_PT
dc.subjectPsychiatristspt_PT
dc.subjectStudentspt_PT
dc.subjectSchizophreniapt_PT
dc.subjectAQ-27pt_PT
dc.subjectMental illnesspt_PT
dc.titleStigmatizing attitudes toward patients with psychiatric disorders among medical students and professionalspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue11pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Psychiatrypt_PT
person.familyNamePalha
person.familyNameSilva Moreira
person.familyNameSousa
person.familyNameLUÍS MORGADO
person.givenNameFilipa
person.givenNamePedro
person.givenNameNuno
person.givenNamePEDRO RICARDO
person.identifier913650
person.identifier2465
person.identifierQ-1769-2015
person.identifier.ciencia-id9A1E-A215-FB2C
person.identifier.ciencia-idA61E-6FAC-643E
person.identifier.ciencia-id3911-1A8C-798C
person.identifier.ciencia-idE217-6873-2F4F
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-2382-0290
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-2800-3903
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-8755-5126
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-3880-3258
person.identifier.ridN-9137-2017
person.identifier.scopus-author-id6505747589
person.identifier.scopus-author-id7003438440
person.identifier.scopus-author-id14319368300
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
relation.isAuthorOfPublication1c669311-d12f-4ae8-9e96-db96e3a64561
relation.isAuthorOfPublication54534978-ae7f-40aa-8092-4d974b103448
relation.isAuthorOfPublication81fedbe6-7ecd-49f0-9276-a2b9f6c35707
relation.isAuthorOfPublication6b840d81-c733-4ba9-a08e-5ed28bfeb83e
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery54534978-ae7f-40aa-8092-4d974b103448

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
19712169.pdf
Size:
641.97 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

CEDH - Contribuições em Revistas Científicas / Contribution to Journals