Stigma associated with mental illness and its treatment in the Arab culture: a systematic review

M Zolezzi, M Alamri, S Shaar… - International Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Mental health has not had the same public profile as physical health. This has
contributed to the stigma associated with mental illness and to its treatments. Research …

Stigma on mental illness in the Arab world: beyond the socio-cultural barriers

R Merhej - International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 2019 - emerald.com
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 …

Stigma levels toward psychiatric patients among medical students—a worldwide online survey across 65 countries

M Babicki, M Małecka, K Kowalski… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: According to epidemiological data, over 450 million people worldwide suffer
from mental disorders, presenting one of the major challenges of modern medicine. In their …

Mental health knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy among primary care physicians working in the Greater Tunis area of Tunisia

J Spagnolo, F Champagne, N Leduc, M Rivard… - International journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Non-specialists' involvement in mental health care is encouraged in the field of
global mental health to address the treatment gap caused by mental illness, especially in …

Social determinants for understanding Muslims' intentions toward seeking mental health help based on the Theory of Planned Behavior

L Badran, N Rizkalla, SP Segal - International Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Many have found that minorities seek help for mental health problems less
than the general population. Such findings are surprising considering that minorities …

Building capacity in mental health care in low-and middle-income countries by training primary care physicians using the mhGAP: a randomized controlled trial

J Spagnolo, F Champagne, N Leduc… - Health Policy and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
To address the rise in mental health conditions in Tunisia, a training based on the Mental
Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Intervention Guide (IG) was offered to primary care …

Stigma Toward Mental Illness Among Saudi Medical Students: Pre and Post Psychiatry Course Comparison

AH Almadani, NM AbuDujain… - The Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
This cross-sectional study aims to compare pre-versus post-psychiatry course stigma levels
toward mental illnesses among King Saud University medical students and identify which …

The assessment of attitudes of students at medical schools towards psychiatry and psychiatric patients—a cross-sectional online survey

M Babicki, K Kowalski, B Bogudzińska… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of the study was the assessment of the level of stigmatisation of psychiatric patients
and psychiatry as a field of study by students at medical schools in Poland and the …

[HTML][HTML] Attitudes of healthcare professionals towards mental illness: a survey study in ras al khaimah

RAA Salama, TM Tadroos, I Sikandar, A Ashraf… - Open Journal of …, 2021 - scirp.org
Background: Negative and stigmatizing attitudes and behaviours towards people with
mental health problems have the potential to lead to a lack of access to care, under …

Effectiveness of psychiatric clinical posting on attitudes toward psychiatry and mental illness among medical, nursing and other healthcare students: systematic review

S Njaka, R Shafini Binti Bakar… - … Journal of Mental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This review aimed to systematically identify and appraise available evidence on the
effectiveness of clinical psychiatric posting on the attitudes of health science students toward …