Stigma Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness among Professionals Working in a Psychiatric Hospital

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, Mariana
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Nascimento, Sandra, Pereira, Tiago, Lourenço, Beatriz, Nascimento, Miguel, Gonçalves, Marco, Nobre, Alice
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.51338/rppsm.238
Resumo: Introduction: Mental illness stigma studies demonstrate the presence of stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness both by the public and health professionals. This study aimed to analyze the attitudes of professionals working at a Portuguese psychiatric hospital towards people with mental illness. Material and Methods: A cross‑sectional observational study was conducted to examine the attitudes of professionals through application of Mental Illness Clinician Attitude Scale (MICA) and collection of sociodemographic data. Results: Scores of MICA questionnaire were significantly lower than the cut‑off point for negative attitude in general and across professional categories suggesting that overall professionals seem to manifest a positive attitude towards people with mental illness. There was a trend of decrease in MICA scores throughout increasing years of professional experience although not statistically significant. Conclusion: Our results do not contradict the need to continue fighting stigma, but instead to better evaluate how these attitudes translate into practice, by including behavioral outcomes in future research.
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spelling Stigma Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness among Professionals Working in a Psychiatric HospitalAtitudes Estigmatizantes Dirigidas a Pessoas com Doença Mental entre Profissionais de um Hospital PsiquiátricoAttitude of Health PersonnelHealth PersonnelMental DisordersSocial StigmaAtitude do Pessoal de SaúdeEstigma SocialPerturbações MentaisProfissionais de SaúdeIntroduction: Mental illness stigma studies demonstrate the presence of stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness both by the public and health professionals. This study aimed to analyze the attitudes of professionals working at a Portuguese psychiatric hospital towards people with mental illness. Material and Methods: A cross‑sectional observational study was conducted to examine the attitudes of professionals through application of Mental Illness Clinician Attitude Scale (MICA) and collection of sociodemographic data. Results: Scores of MICA questionnaire were significantly lower than the cut‑off point for negative attitude in general and across professional categories suggesting that overall professionals seem to manifest a positive attitude towards people with mental illness. There was a trend of decrease in MICA scores throughout increasing years of professional experience although not statistically significant. Conclusion: Our results do not contradict the need to continue fighting stigma, but instead to better evaluate how these attitudes translate into practice, by including behavioral outcomes in future research.Introdução: Estudos na área do estigma associado à doença mental demonstram a presença de atitudes estigmatizantes em relação às pessoas com doença mental tanto por parte do público em geral como por parte dos profissionais de saúde. Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar as atitudes dos profissionais que trabalham num hospital psiquiátrico português. Material e Métodos: Estudo transversal e observacional para examinar as atitudes dos profissionais, através da aplicação da escala Mental Illness Clinician Attitude Scale (MICA) e da recolha de dados sociodemográficos. Resultados: As cotações do questionário MICA foram significativamente mais baixas do que o ponto de corte definido para atitudes negativas, no total e entre as diferentes categorias profissionais, sugerindo que os profissionais em geral aparentam manifestar uma atitude positiva em relação às pessoas com doença mental. Verificou‑se uma tendência de diminuição nas cotações do MICA com o aumento de anos de experiência profissional, embora não estatisticamente significativa. Conclusão: Os resultados do estudo não contradizem a necessidade de manter a luta contra o estigma da doença mental, sugerindo, ao invés, uma avaliação mais aprofundada de como estas atitudes se traduzem na prática, incluindo a análise de comportamentos estigmatizantes em pesquisas futuras.Sociedade Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental2021-11-28T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.51338/rppsm.238oai:ojs.www.revistapsiquiatria.pt:article/238Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental; Vol. 7 No. 4 (2021); 126-132Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental; Vol. 7 N.º 4 (2021); 126-1322184-54172184-5522reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.revistapsiquiatria.pt/index.php/sppsm/article/view/238https://doi.org/10.51338/rppsm.238https://www.revistapsiquiatria.pt/index.php/sppsm/article/view/238/97Direitos de Autor (c) 2021 Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mentalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSilva, MarianaNascimento, SandraPereira, TiagoLourenço, BeatrizNascimento, MiguelGonçalves, MarcoNobre, Alice2022-09-06T09:37:41Zoai:ojs.www.revistapsiquiatria.pt:article/238Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:37:14.013483Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Stigma Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness among Professionals Working in a Psychiatric Hospital
Atitudes Estigmatizantes Dirigidas a Pessoas com Doença Mental entre Profissionais de um Hospital Psiquiátrico
title Stigma Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness among Professionals Working in a Psychiatric Hospital
spellingShingle Stigma Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness among Professionals Working in a Psychiatric Hospital
Silva, Mariana
Attitude of Health Personnel
Health Personnel
Mental Disorders
Social Stigma
Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
Estigma Social
Perturbações Mentais
Profissionais de Saúde
title_short Stigma Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness among Professionals Working in a Psychiatric Hospital
title_full Stigma Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness among Professionals Working in a Psychiatric Hospital
title_fullStr Stigma Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness among Professionals Working in a Psychiatric Hospital
title_full_unstemmed Stigma Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness among Professionals Working in a Psychiatric Hospital
title_sort Stigma Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness among Professionals Working in a Psychiatric Hospital
author Silva, Mariana
author_facet Silva, Mariana
Nascimento, Sandra
Pereira, Tiago
Lourenço, Beatriz
Nascimento, Miguel
Gonçalves, Marco
Nobre, Alice
author_role author
author2 Nascimento, Sandra
Pereira, Tiago
Lourenço, Beatriz
Nascimento, Miguel
Gonçalves, Marco
Nobre, Alice
author2_role author
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author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, Mariana
Nascimento, Sandra
Pereira, Tiago
Lourenço, Beatriz
Nascimento, Miguel
Gonçalves, Marco
Nobre, Alice
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Attitude of Health Personnel
Health Personnel
Mental Disorders
Social Stigma
Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
Estigma Social
Perturbações Mentais
Profissionais de Saúde
topic Attitude of Health Personnel
Health Personnel
Mental Disorders
Social Stigma
Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
Estigma Social
Perturbações Mentais
Profissionais de Saúde
description Introduction: Mental illness stigma studies demonstrate the presence of stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness both by the public and health professionals. This study aimed to analyze the attitudes of professionals working at a Portuguese psychiatric hospital towards people with mental illness. Material and Methods: A cross‑sectional observational study was conducted to examine the attitudes of professionals through application of Mental Illness Clinician Attitude Scale (MICA) and collection of sociodemographic data. Results: Scores of MICA questionnaire were significantly lower than the cut‑off point for negative attitude in general and across professional categories suggesting that overall professionals seem to manifest a positive attitude towards people with mental illness. There was a trend of decrease in MICA scores throughout increasing years of professional experience although not statistically significant. Conclusion: Our results do not contradict the need to continue fighting stigma, but instead to better evaluate how these attitudes translate into practice, by including behavioral outcomes in future research.
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