Volmer Daisy, Mäesalu Martin, Bell J Simon
Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2008 Sep;54(5):402-13. doi: 10.1177/0020764008090427.
Health professionals frequently exhibit negative attitudes toward people with mental disorders. It is not known whether stigmatising attitudes among pharmacy students predict less positive attitudes toward consumer participation in decision-making about medications.
(1) To assess the attitudes of pharmacy students toward people with schizophrenia, and (2) to determine whether stigma predicts less positive attitudes toward concordant medication counselling.
All pharmacy students enrolled in a five-year degree program were invited to participate. Students completed the seven-item Social Distance Scale, six items related to stereotypical attributes of people with schizophrenia and the 14-item Leeds Attitudes Toward Concordance Scale.
Completed survey instruments were received from 157 students (94% response rate). Previous employment in a pharmacy and personal experience of a mental disorder were associated with low social distance. Later year of study, believing that people with schizophrenia are difficult to talk to, and believing people with schizophrenia have themselves to blame were predictive of high social distance. Low social distance and later year of study were associated with positive attitudes toward providing concordant medication counselling.
Mental health stigma was common and predictive of less positive attitudes toward consumer participation in decision-making about medications.
卫生专业人员经常对精神障碍患者表现出消极态度。尚不清楚药学专业学生的污名化态度是否预示着对消费者参与药物决策的态度不那么积极。
（1）评估药学专业学生对精神分裂症患者的态度，以及（2）确定污名是否预示着对一致性药物咨询的态度不那么积极。
邀请所有参加五年制学位课程的药学专业学生参与。学生们完成了七项社会距离量表、六项与精神分裂症患者刻板印象特征相关的项目以及十四项利兹一致性态度量表。
共收到157名学生填写的调查问卷（回复率为94%）。以前在药房工作以及有精神障碍的个人经历与较低的社会距离相关。较高年级的学习、认为精神分裂症患者难以交谈以及认为精神分裂症患者咎由自取与较高的社会距离相关。较低的社会距离和较高年级的学习与对提供一致性药物咨询持积极态度相关。
心理健康污名很常见，并且预示着对消费者参与药物决策的态度不那么积极。
