Schnyder, Nina; Panczak, Radoslaw; Groth, Nicola Svenja; Schultze-Lutter, Frauke (2017). Association between mental health-related stigma and active help-seeking: systematic review and meta-analysis. British journal of psychiatry, 210(4), pp. 261-268. Royal College of Psychiatrists 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.189464
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BACKGROUND
Mental disorders create high individual and societal costs and burden, partly because help-seeking is often delayed or completely avoided. Stigma related to mental disorders or mental health services is regarded as a main reason for insufficient help-seeking.
AIMS
To estimate the impact of four stigma types (help-seeking attitudes and personal, self and perceived public stigma) on active help-seeking in the general population.
METHOD
A systematic review of three electronic databases was followed by random effect meta-analyses according to the stigma types.
RESULTS
Twenty-seven studies fulfilled eligibility criteria. Participants' own negative attitudes towards mental health help-seeking (OR = 0.80, 95% CI 0.73-0.88) and their stigmatising attitudes towards people with a mental illness (OR = 0.82, 95% CI 0.69-0.98) were associated with less active help-seeking. Self-stigma showed insignificant association (OR = 0.88, 95% CI 0.76-1.03), whereas perceived public stigma was not associated.
CONCLUSIONS
Personal attitudes towards mental illness or help-seeking are associated with active help-seeking for mental problems. Campaigns promoting help-seeking and fighting mental illness-related stigma should target these personal attitudes rather than broad public opinion.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Schnyder, Nina, Panczak, Radoslaw, Groth, Nicola Svenja, Schultze-Lutter, Frauke |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
0007-1250 |
Publisher: |
Royal College of Psychiatrists |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Doris Kopp Heim |
Date Deposited: |
07 Feb 2017 10:47 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:02 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1192/bjp.bp.116.189464 |
PubMed ID: |
28153928 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.95244 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/95244 |
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