Stigma and Attitudes towards Psychiatric Patients in Portuguese Medical Students

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Autor(a) principal: Telles-Correia, Diogo
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Gama Marques, João, Gramaça, João, Sampaio, Daniel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Resumo: Introduction: This study aims to assess the impact of psychiatric education on attitudes of medical students towards psychiatric patients.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional survey of medical students was conducted at the biggest Portuguese medical school. The students completed an anonymous self-report questionnaire, including sociodemographic data, family history of psychiatric illness, and the Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill scale.Results: Of the 2 178 students, 398 answered the survey, representing 18.2% of the whole medical school. There was a significant improvement in all Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill scale dimensions along the medical course. The higher scores were in Restrictiveness subscale (38.01), and the lower scores were for Authoritarianism (36.13). The best improvement along the course was for Authoritarianism (5th year score - 1st year score = 2.03), and the worse was for Benevolence (5th year score - 1st year score = 0.39). The biggest improvement, in all scores, was found at the end of the 3rd year.Discussion: The authors propose that the better attitudes found on third year students were due to a very specific anti-stigma module on the theoretical discipline ‘Introduction to Mental Health’. After that, this positive effect was lost, with fourth and fifth year medical students showing a worsening of their attitudes.Conclusion: Our results highlight the importance of anti-stigma specific education modules in order to improve students’ attitudes toward mental health. Thus more anti-stigma preventive measures can be taken onward, on preparing the best way possible, the next generation of doctors.
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spelling Stigma and Attitudes towards Psychiatric Patients in Portuguese Medical StudentsEstigma e Atitudes para com Doentes Mentais em Estudantes de MedicinaAttitudePsychiatrySocial StigmaStudentsMedical.AtitudeEstigma SocialEstudantes de MedicinaPsiquiatria.Introduction: This study aims to assess the impact of psychiatric education on attitudes of medical students towards psychiatric patients.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional survey of medical students was conducted at the biggest Portuguese medical school. The students completed an anonymous self-report questionnaire, including sociodemographic data, family history of psychiatric illness, and the Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill scale.Results: Of the 2 178 students, 398 answered the survey, representing 18.2% of the whole medical school. There was a significant improvement in all Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill scale dimensions along the medical course. The higher scores were in Restrictiveness subscale (38.01), and the lower scores were for Authoritarianism (36.13). The best improvement along the course was for Authoritarianism (5th year score - 1st year score = 2.03), and the worse was for Benevolence (5th year score - 1st year score = 0.39). The biggest improvement, in all scores, was found at the end of the 3rd year.Discussion: The authors propose that the better attitudes found on third year students were due to a very specific anti-stigma module on the theoretical discipline ‘Introduction to Mental Health’. After that, this positive effect was lost, with fourth and fifth year medical students showing a worsening of their attitudes.Conclusion: Our results highlight the importance of anti-stigma specific education modules in order to improve students’ attitudes toward mental health. Thus more anti-stigma preventive measures can be taken onward, on preparing the best way possible, the next generation of doctors.Introdução: Este estudo pretende avaliar o impacto da educação psiquiátrica nas atitudes em alunos de medicina face aos doentes mentais.Material e Métodos: Foi conduzido um inquérito em corte transversal na maior faculdade de medicina portuguesa. Os alunos preencheram um questionário que incluía informação sociodemográfica, antecedentes pessoais e familiares de doença psiquiátrica, bem como a Community Attitudes towards the Mentally Ill scale.Resultados: Em 2 178 estudantes, 398 responderam ao inquérito, representando 18,2% daquela faculdade de medicina. Houve uma significativa melhoria em todas as dimensões avaliadas pela Community Attitudes towards the Mentally Ill scale, ao longo dos anos do curso de medicina. Os valores mais elevados verificaram-se na subescala Restritividade (38,01), e os valores mais baixos na sub-escala Autoritarismo (36,13). A melhor diferença verificou-se para a sub-escala Autoritarismo (5º ano – 1º ano = 2,03), e a pior diferença verificou-se para a sub-escala Benevolência (5º ano – 1º ano = 0,39). Os melhores resultados foram encontrados no final do 3º ano.Discussão: Os resultados poderão dever-se ao módulo de luta contra o estigma, incluído na disciplina de ‘Introdução à Saúde Mental’. Esse efeito positivo ter-se-á perdido no 4º e 5º anos, com uma degradação das atitudes.Conclusão: Este estudo salienta a importância dos módulos de luta contra o estigma na melhoria das atitudes dos estudantes de medicina perante a saúde mental. 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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Stigma and Attitudes towards Psychiatric Patients in Portuguese Medical Students
Estigma e Atitudes para com Doentes Mentais em Estudantes de Medicina
title Stigma and Attitudes towards Psychiatric Patients in Portuguese Medical Students
spellingShingle Stigma and Attitudes towards Psychiatric Patients in Portuguese Medical Students
Telles-Correia, Diogo
Attitude
Psychiatry
Social Stigma
Students
Medical.
Atitude
Estigma Social
Estudantes de Medicina
Psiquiatria.
title_short Stigma and Attitudes towards Psychiatric Patients in Portuguese Medical Students
title_full Stigma and Attitudes towards Psychiatric Patients in Portuguese Medical Students
title_fullStr Stigma and Attitudes towards Psychiatric Patients in Portuguese Medical Students
title_full_unstemmed Stigma and Attitudes towards Psychiatric Patients in Portuguese Medical Students
title_sort Stigma and Attitudes towards Psychiatric Patients in Portuguese Medical Students
author Telles-Correia, Diogo
author_facet Telles-Correia, Diogo
Gama Marques, João
Gramaça, João
Sampaio, Daniel
author_role author
author2 Gama Marques, João
Gramaça, João
Sampaio, Daniel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Telles-Correia, Diogo
Gama Marques, João
Gramaça, João
Sampaio, Daniel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Attitude
Psychiatry
Social Stigma
Students
Medical.
Atitude
Estigma Social
Estudantes de Medicina
Psiquiatria.
topic Attitude
Psychiatry
Social Stigma
Students
Medical.
Atitude
Estigma Social
Estudantes de Medicina
Psiquiatria.
description Introduction: This study aims to assess the impact of psychiatric education on attitudes of medical students towards psychiatric patients.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional survey of medical students was conducted at the biggest Portuguese medical school. The students completed an anonymous self-report questionnaire, including sociodemographic data, family history of psychiatric illness, and the Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill scale.Results: Of the 2 178 students, 398 answered the survey, representing 18.2% of the whole medical school. There was a significant improvement in all Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill scale dimensions along the medical course. The higher scores were in Restrictiveness subscale (38.01), and the lower scores were for Authoritarianism (36.13). The best improvement along the course was for Authoritarianism (5th year score - 1st year score = 2.03), and the worse was for Benevolence (5th year score - 1st year score = 0.39). The biggest improvement, in all scores, was found at the end of the 3rd year.Discussion: The authors propose that the better attitudes found on third year students were due to a very specific anti-stigma module on the theoretical discipline ‘Introduction to Mental Health’. After that, this positive effect was lost, with fourth and fifth year medical students showing a worsening of their attitudes.Conclusion: Our results highlight the importance of anti-stigma specific education modules in order to improve students’ attitudes toward mental health. Thus more anti-stigma preventive measures can be taken onward, on preparing the best way possible, the next generation of doctors.
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