Public attitudes towards psychiatry are crucial determinants of help‐seeking for mental
illness. It has been argued that psychiatry as a discipline enjoys low esteem among the …

This paper presents a narrative review of anti-stigma programming using examples from
different countries to understand and describe current best practices in the field. Results …

Psychiatry shares most ethical issues with other branches of medicine, but also faces
special challenges. The Code of Ethics of the World Psychiatric Association offers guidance …

Background: Medical school curriculum contributes to future doctors' attitude formation
towards people with mental illness. Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare …

Purpose Research on mental illness stigma in the Arab world has traditionally focused on
socio-cultural barriers that deprive persons with mental illness from their fundamental …

Objectives (1) Investigate and explore whether different classes of associative stigma (the
process by which a person experiences stigmatisation as a result of an association with …

Objective: Mental health professionals who work with people with serious mental illnesses
are believed to experience associative stigma. Evidence suggests that associative stigma …

Background Clinical guidelines for suicide prevention often stress the identification of risk
and protective factors as well as the evaluation of suicidal intent. However, we know very …

Medical students' attitudes to mental illnesses and psychiatry may be reshaped during the
psychiatric training, with important implications in their future practice of the profession …

Background Adolescents and young people are known to hold negative views about mental
illness. There is less known about their beliefs about mental health services and care …