South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK,
Psychiatr Danub. 2021 Dec;33(Suppl 11):69-73.
Despite the prevalence of mental health related stigma in Muslim communities, there are only a limited number of intervention studies reported in the literature. Digital interventions (i.e., YouTube clips, videos) are relatively cheap, highly accessible and easily disseminated and are increasingly being used to improve mental health literacy and reduce mental health related stigma. However, as far as the authors are aware, there are no stigma reduction programmes targeting Muslim communities that leverage digital interventions reported in the literature. This paper outlines a protocol for a digital intervention to challenge mental health related stigma in Muslim communities. The proposed intervention will be a 5 to 10-minute YouTube clip/video the active ingredients of which will be: [1] an interview with a Muslim expert by lived/living experience, [2] an Imam (Muslim faith leader) and [3] a psychiatrist. We will recruit members of Muslim communities living in Muslim minority countries in the Global North (United Kingdom, Unites States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) to participate in the study (inclusion criteria: adults aged 18 years and over, Muslim background). The study will be comprised of two groups: an active group that will be exposed to the Muslim faith appropriate digital intervention and a control group that will be exposed to a digital intervention that is not Muslim faith appropriate. We will administer validated psychometric stigma scales on participants in both groups before and after exposure to the interventions. We hypothesize that viewing an anti-stigma clip/video that is Islamic faith appropriate will be associated with greater reductions in mental health related stigma in members of Muslim communities compared to viewing an anti-stigma clip/video that is not Islamic faith appropriate.
尽管穆斯林社区普遍存在与心理健康相关的污名问题，但文献中报告的干预研究数量有限。数字干预（即 YouTube 剪辑、视频）相对便宜、高度可及且易于传播，越来越多地被用于提高心理健康素养和减少与心理健康相关的污名。然而，据作者所知，文献中没有针对穆斯林社区利用数字干预来减少污名的方案。本文概述了一项针对穆斯林社区的数字干预方案，以挑战与心理健康相关的污名。拟议的干预措施将是一个 5 到 10 分钟的 YouTube 剪辑/视频，其有效成分将是：[1] 穆斯林专家的访谈（有生活经验的），[2] 伊玛目（穆斯林信仰领袖）和[3] 精神科医生。我们将招募居住在穆斯林少数民族国家的穆斯林社区成员（居住在全球北方的英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰）参与研究（纳入标准：年龄在 18 岁及以上，穆斯林背景）。该研究将包括两个组：一个主动组将接触到适合穆斯林信仰的数字干预措施，一个对照组将接触到不适合穆斯林信仰的数字干预措施。我们将在两组参与者接触干预措施之前和之后，用经过验证的心理测量污名量表对他们进行评估。我们假设，与观看不适合伊斯兰教信仰的反污名视频相比，观看适合伊斯兰教信仰的反污名视频将与穆斯林社区成员心理健康相关污名的更大减少相关。
