Anderson Kelly, Austin Jehannine C
Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
J Genet Couns. 2012 Aug;21(4):573-81. doi: 10.1007/s10897-011-9414-5. Epub 2011 Oct 29.
Many people, including genetic counselors, have been found to hold stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illnesses. We aimed to determine whether these attitudes could be changed by exposing genetic counselors and genetic counseling students to a documentary film about people with mental illness. We screened the documentary at the 2010 North American conferences for genetic counselors. Immediately before (T1), immediately after (T2), and one month after (T3) watching the documentary, participants self-rated their comfort with asking patients about mental illness, and they completed scales measuring two aspects of stigma: stereotype endorsement, and desire for social distance. A total of 87 T1 and T2 questionnaires, and 39 T3 questionnaires were returned. At T2 and T3, 34.5% and 48.7% respectively reported feeling more comfortable to ask patients about mental illness. Scores on the social distance and stereotype endorsement scales decreased significantly from T1 to T2, but returned to initial levels at T3. The findings suggest the documentary increased genetic counselors' and genetic counseling students' comfort with asking about mental illness and temporarily decreased their stigmatizing attitudes.
许多人，包括遗传咨询师，都被发现对患有精神疾病的人持有污名化态度。我们旨在确定，通过让遗传咨询师和遗传咨询专业的学生观看一部关于患有精神疾病者的纪录片，这些态度是否会有所改变。我们在2010年北美遗传咨询师会议上放映了这部纪录片。在观看纪录片之前（T1）、之后立即（T2）以及观看后一个月（T3），参与者自行评估他们询问患者精神疾病相关问题时的自在程度，并完成测量污名两个方面的量表：刻板印象认同以及社交距离渴望。总共收回了87份T1和T2问卷，以及39份T3问卷。在T2和T3时，分别有34.5%和48.7%的人表示在询问患者精神疾病相关问题时感觉更自在。社交距离和刻板印象认同量表的得分从T1到T2显著下降，但在T3时又回到了初始水平。研究结果表明，这部纪录片增加了遗传咨询师和遗传咨询专业学生询问精神疾病相关问题时的自在程度，并暂时降低了他们的污名化态度。
