Development of public stigma toward people with mental health problems in Czechia 2013–2019

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-psychiatry/article/development-of-public-stigma-toward-people-with-mental-health-problems-in-czechia-20132019/2E09FC5AEC40D5FCD5DD1032E7CFC8BD" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-psychiatry/article/development-of-public-stigma-toward-people-with-mental-health-problems-in-czechia-20132019/2E09FC5AEC40D5FCD5DD1032E7CFC8BD</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2226" target="_blank" >10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2226</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Development of public stigma toward people with mental health problems in Czechia 2013–2019

Original language description

Background We aimed to assess the changes in population attitudes and intended behavior towards people with mental health problems in Czechia between 2013/2014 and 2019; and to investigate the association between these and the exposure to the ongoing mental health care reform and one of its implementation projects focused on reducing stigma. Methods We analyzed data from three cross-sectional surveys representative of the Czech adult population. We used linear regression models to compare population attitudes (Community Attitudes Towards Mental Illness Scale) and desire for future contact with people with mental health problems (Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale) between the 2013/2014 baseline and the 2019 follow-up. In our 2019 sample, we employed linear regression models to assess the relationship between exposure to mental health care reform and nation-wide anti-stigma campaign, and population stigmatizing attitudes and intended behavior. We utilized a propensity score matching procedure to mitigate potential bias. Results The 2013, 2014, and 2019 datasets consisted of 1797, 1810, and 1077 participants, respectively. We found a marginal improvement in population attitudes between 2014 and 2019 (B = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.06; 1.93), but we did not detect a change in population desire for future contact with people with mental health problems (B = -0.03, 95% CI = -0.31; 0.25). Exposure to the nationwide anti-stigma campaign or mental health care reform was associated with more favorable attitudes (B = 4.25, 95% CI = 2.07; 6.42 and B = 7.66, 95% CI = 3.91; 11.42), but not with higher desire for future contact with people with mental health problems (B = -0.43, 95% CI = -1.15; 0.29 and B = -1.02, 95% CI = -2.31; 0.26). Conclusions Mental health care reform and its nation-wide mental health literacy and anti-stigma project seems to have a positive impact on population attitudes towards people with mental health problems, but not on desire for future contact with people with mental health problems.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

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)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Psychiatry

ISSN

0924-9338

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

64

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

FR - FRANCE

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

"e52"

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85113168708