Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Viale Ellittico 31, 81100, Caserta, Italy.
School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK.
Community Ment Health J. 2020 Aug;56(6):1077-1084. doi: 10.1007/s10597-020-00567-x. Epub 2020 Feb 4.
This study explored the views of non-psychiatric medical specialists about people with schizophrenia and depression and examined whether specialists' approach to these clients, and their perception of dangerousness and social distance, differed by disorder. Non-psychiatric medical specialists working in community centers in Italy read either a schizophrenia or depression description and then completed a questionnaire on their views about people with that disorder. The schizophrenia-group (N = 114) was more sure than the depression-group (N = 97) that the patients should be approached differently in outpatient specialized clinics like those where the respondents worked; are incapable of caring for their own health; and are kept at distance by others. Perceived dangerousness did not significantly differ between the two groups. These findings highlight the potential effects of attitudes on medical practice and outline the need to educate non-psychiatric medical specialists on stigma as a strategy to reduce health discrepancies, particularly toward people diagnosed with schizophrenia.
这项研究探讨了非精神科医学专家对精神分裂症和抑郁症患者的看法，并考察了专家对这些患者的治疗方法以及对危险和社会距离的看法是否因疾病而异。意大利社区中心的非精神科医学专家阅读了精神分裂症或抑郁症的描述，然后填写了一份关于他们对该疾病患者看法的问卷。与抑郁症组（N=97）相比，精神分裂症组（N=114）更确定的是，患者应该在像他们工作的那种专门的门诊诊所中接受不同的治疗；他们没有能力照顾自己的健康；并且会被其他人排斥。两组之间的感知危险程度没有显著差异。这些发现强调了态度对医疗实践的潜在影响，并概述了需要对非精神科医学专家进行有关污名的教育，以此作为减少健康差异的策略，特别是针对被诊断为精神分裂症的人群。
