Kevin-Marc Valery, Louis Violeau, Thomas Fournier, Florence Yvon, Sophie Arfeuillere, Julien Bonilla-Guerrero, Aude Caria, Antonin Carrier, Jean-Marc Destaillats, Alice Follenfant, Sonia Laberon, Nadeja Lalbin-Wander, Eric Martinez, Bérénice Staedel, Roselyne Touroude, Luc Vigneault, Solenne Roux, Antoinette Prouteau
BACKGROUND: Stigma is highly prejudicial to persons with schizophrenia, their families, the society and the health care system. Mental health professionals (MHP) are considered to be one of the main sources of schizophrenia stigma. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to identify individual and contextual factors associated with stigma in MHP in its three dimensions (stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination, Fiske, 1998). METHODS: An online survey was conducted with specific measures of MHP stigma (stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination)...
October 6, 2022: International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice