Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria.
Department of Psychiatry, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
PLoS One. 2022 Sep 15;17(9):e0273483. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273483. eCollection 2022.
Depression is a prominent cause of mental disability globally, having a severe impact on mental and physical health. Depression rehabilitation and treatment, whether through psychiatric management or counseling therapy, is hampered by stigmatizing attitudes regarding psychiatric illness patients impacted by societal and cultural factors. However, little is known about the stigma toward people with depression among the students in Syria.
A total of 1,056 students in Syria completed a questionnaire that included a case narrative illustrating depression. A total of 1,056 students in Syria completed a questionnaire that included a case narrative illustrating depression. The survey looked at attitudes toward depression, the desire to keep a safe distance from depressed people, stigma attitudes toward people with depression among college students, perceived beliefs about depressive people, gender (male and female), and the major section (medical and medical and non-medical) differences.
Four questionnaires have refused to finish the survey, out of 1259 issued. Around 47.80% of respondents, most of whom were females, felt that sad people might snap out of it. 14.60 percent believe depression isn't even an actual medical condition. Surprisingly, 2% of respondents with a medical background thought the same thing. Regarding more extreme stigmatization, 16.80% of respondents thought depressed persons were harmful. People with depression will be avoided by 19.50 percent of respondents, and people with medical backgrounds will be avoided by 5.20 percent of respondents. Nearly one-fifth of those polled said they would not tell anyone if they were depressed. Only a tiny percentage of respondents (6.90 percent) said they would not hire or vote for a politician who suffers from depression (8.40 percent).
According to the study, Syrian college students had a significant level of stigma and social distance toward mentally ill patients. Female students and non-medical students had a higher stigma in most subscale items for people with depression.
抑郁症是全球范围内导致精神残疾的主要原因，对身心健康都有严重影响。由于社会文化因素的影响，精神病患者受到歧视，无论是通过精神科管理还是咨询治疗，抑郁症的康复和治疗都受到阻碍。然而，人们对叙利亚学生群体中对抑郁症患者的污名化态度知之甚少。
叙利亚的 1056 名学生完成了一份问卷，其中包括一个说明抑郁症的案例叙述。该问卷调查了学生对抑郁症的态度、是否愿意与抑郁症患者保持安全距离、大学生对抑郁症患者的污名态度、对抑郁患者的认知信念、性别（男性和女性）以及专业（医学和非医学）差异。
在发放的 1259 份问卷中，有 4 份问卷的受访者拒绝完成调查。大约 47.80%的受访者，大多数是女性，认为悲伤的人可能会恢复正常。14.60%的人认为抑郁症甚至不是一种真正的疾病。令人惊讶的是，有 2%的医学背景的受访者也持同样的看法。在更极端的污名化方面，16.80%的受访者认为抑郁症患者有危害性。19.50%的受访者会避免与抑郁症患者接触，有医学背景的受访者中会避免与抑郁症患者接触的比例为 5.20%。近五分之一的受访者表示，如果自己患有抑郁症，他们不会告诉任何人。只有极少数受访者（6.90%）表示，如果他们的候选人患有抑郁症，他们不会聘用或投票给他（8.40%）。
根据研究，叙利亚大学生对精神病患者有明显的污名化和社会距离。在大多数针对抑郁症患者的子量表项目中，女学生和非医学专业学生的污名化程度更高。
