Iheanacho Theddeus, Marienfeld Carla, Stefanovics Elina, Rosenheck Robert A
Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA,
Acad Psychiatry. 2014 Jun;38(3):320-4. doi: 10.1007/s40596-014-0073-3. Epub 2014 Mar 19.
This study assessed beliefs about mental disorders and changes in those beliefs following an educational intervention for a convenience sample of Nigerian medical and nursing students.
A 43-item questionnaire was used to assess perceptions regarding mental disorders and attitudes toward people with mental illness before and after a 4-day educational intervention.
Factor analysis identified four domains: (1) socializing with people with mental illness, (2) belief in witchcraft or curses as causes of mental illness, (3) favorable attitudes toward normalization of the lives of people with mental illness, and (4) biopsychosocial approaches to mental illness. The greatest changes were in attitudes favoring normalization of the lives of people with mental illness (p = 0.0002), socializing with the mentally ill (p = 0.01), and biopsychosocial perspectives on mental illness (p = 0.01).
Brief educational interventions may alter some stigmatizing negative attitudes toward mental illness in healthcare trainees in low- and middle-income countries.
本研究评估了尼日利亚医学和护理专业学生便利样本对精神障碍的看法以及在接受教育干预后这些看法的变化。
使用一份43项的问卷来评估在为期4天的教育干预前后对精神障碍的认知以及对精神疾病患者的态度。
因子分析确定了四个领域：（1）与精神疾病患者交往；（2）相信巫术或诅咒是精神疾病的病因；（3）对精神疾病患者生活正常化持积极态度；（4）精神疾病的生物心理社会方法。最大的变化在于对精神疾病患者生活正常化持支持态度（p = 0.0002）、与精神疾病患者交往（p = 0.01）以及对精神疾病的生物心理社会观点（p = 0.01）。
简短的教育干预可能会改变低收入和中等收入国家医疗保健学员对精神疾病的一些污名化负面态度。
