Mental illness stigma among medical students and teachers
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023752%3A_____%2F17%3A43919064" target="_blank" >RIV/00023752:_____/17:43919064 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11120/17:43915978 RIV/00216208:11310/17:10365575
Result on the web
<a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0020764017735347" target="_blank" >http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0020764017735347</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764017735347" target="_blank" >10.1177/0020764017735347</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Mental illness stigma among medical students and teachers
Original language description
Background: Medical school curriculum contributes to future doctors’ attitude formation towards people with mental illness. Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare stigmatizing attitudes between medical students and faculty, analyse stigmatizing attitudes among students from different years of study and identify factors predicting stigma. Methods: A cross-sectional study with the use of scales measuring attitudes and social distance was designed. Online questionnaires were distributed to all students and teachers at a medical faculty in the Czech Republic. Results: The response rate was 32.1% (n = 308) among students and 26.7% (n = 149) among teachers. Teachers had a greater prevalence of stigmatizing attitudes than students. Increased tolerant attitudes in students were detected after the fourth year, that is, following introduction to psychiatry. Preferred specialization in psychiatry and attending two psychiatry courses predicted more tolerant attitudes. Among both students and teachers, men possessed more stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness. Age was an important predictor of stigmatizing attitudes among teachers. Conclusion: Educators should pay closer attention to the role of medical psychology and communication training implementation, which may be beneficial to improving skills and increasing medical students’ self-esteem and feeling of competence throughout their psychiatry rotation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30215 - Psychiatry
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LO1611" target="_blank" >LO1611: Sustainability for The National Institute of Mental Health</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
ISSN
0020-7640
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
63
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
744-751
UT code for WoS article
000415787700010
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85034599922