Lyons Zaza, Laugharne Jonathan, Laugharne Richard, Appiah-Poku John
University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia,
Acad Psychiatry. 2015 Jun;39(3):305-8. doi: 10.1007/s40596-014-0147-2. Epub 2014 May 21.
Stigma towards mental illness has been found to impact adversely on medical students' attitudes towards psychiatry. This study aimed to assess the impact of stigma among final year students at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, and the University of Western Australia.
A 28-item "Attitudes and stigma towards mental health" questionnaire was distributed to final year students at both universities.
There was a significant difference in questionnaire scores, with Australian students showing more positive attitudes towards mental illness and lower levels of stigma compared with Ghanaian students.
Stigmatization was expressed by Australian and Ghanaian students. A combination of medical school experiences and wider societal and cultural beliefs could be responsible for students' attitudes towards mental illness. Educators can develop locally relevant anti-stigma teaching resources throughout the psychiatry curriculum to improve students' attitudes towards psychiatry as a discipline and mental illness in general.
研究发现，对精神疾病的污名化会对医学生对精神病学的态度产生不利影响。本研究旨在评估加纳库马西科技大学和西澳大利亚大学最后一年学生中污名化的影响。
向两所大学的最后一年学生发放了一份包含28个条目的“对心理健康的态度和污名化”问卷。
问卷得分存在显著差异，与加纳学生相比，澳大利亚学生对精神疾病表现出更积极的态度，污名化程度更低。
澳大利亚和加纳学生都表现出了污名化。医学院的经历以及更广泛的社会和文化信仰可能共同影响了学生对精神疾病的态度。教育工作者可以在整个精神病学课程中开发与当地相关的反污名化教学资源，以改善学生对精神病学学科以及一般精神疾病的态度。
