Trial reportBMC medical education2013
Reducing the stigma of mental illness in undergraduate medical education: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC medical education, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05413408 (Chinese Culture-Specific Intervention to Decrease the Stigma of Nursing Students Towards Schizophrenia--A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Chinese Culture-Specific Intervention to Decrease the Stigma of Nursing Students Towards Schizophrenia--A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
60 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 158 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to Reduce Mental Health Stigma in Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Stigma Related to Mental Illnesses in Educational Institutes: a Systematic Review.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2020Pooled it
- Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it.BMC medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Scale development and an educational program to reduce the stigma of schizophrenia among community pharmacists: a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Impact of Service User Video Presentations on Explicit and Implicit Stigma toward Mental Illness among Medical Students in Nepal: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Effects of contact-based, short-term anti-stigma training for medical students : Results from a randomized controlled trial.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2020Trial
- A randomised controlled trial of repeated filmed social contact on reducing mental illness-related stigma in young adults.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2018Trial
- A pilot randomised controlled study of the mental health first aid eLearning course with UK medical students.BMC medical education · 2018Trial
- What We Do Matters: A Documentary Style Video to Address Healthcare Stigma Toward People Who Use Substances.Substance use & addiction journal · 2026Article
- Reappraisal of Mental Illness-Related Beliefs During Psychiatric Clinical Exposure: Perceived Dangerousness, Ruminative Thought Style, and Cognitive-Metacognitive Characteristics.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of cinema-based education and media representations in the psychiatry rotation of fifth-year medical students.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- A Chinese culture-specific intervention to decrease nursing students' stigma towards schizophrenia: a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to Mental Health Service Integration: A Scoping Review.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- Suicide prevention curriculum development for health and social care students: A scoping review.PloS one · 2025Article
- Stigmatising Attitudes Towards Mental Health Conditions Among Medical Students In Five South-Eastern European Countries.Zdravstveno varstvo · 2024Article
- Mental health stigma and its relationship with mental health professionals - A narrative review and practice implications.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Review
- A Mixed Methods Study of Perceptions of Mental Illness and Self-Disclosure of Mental Illness Among Medical Learners.Perspectives on medical education · 2024Article
- Stigma towards mental illness in Asian nations and low-and-middle-income countries, and comparison with high-income countries: A literature review and practice implications.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2023Review
- Embedding interpersonal stigma resistance into the medical curriculum: a focus group study of medical students.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Development and Validation of Epilepsy Life Skills Guidelines for Primary School Learners and Teachers in Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe stigma of mental illness among medical students is a prevalent concern that has far reaching negative consequences. Attempts to combat this stigma through educational initiatives have had mixed results. This study examined the impact of a one-time contact-based educational intervention on the stigma of mental illness among medical students and compared this with a multimodal undergraduate psychiatry course at the University of Calgary, Canada that integrates contact-based educational strategies. Attitudes towards mental illness were compared with those towards type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
methodA cluster-randomized trial design was used to evaluate the impact of contact-based educational interventions delivered at two points in time. The impact was assessed by collecting data at 4 time points using the Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC) to assess changes in stigma.
resultsBaseline surveys were completed by 62% (n=111) of students before the start of the course and post-intervention ratings were available from 90 of these. Stigma scores for both groups were significantly reduced upon course completion (p < 0.0001), but were not significantly changed following the one-time contact based educational intervention in the primary analysis. Student confidence in working with people with a mental illness and interest in a psychiatric career was increased at the end of the course. Stigma towards mental illness remained greater than for T2DM at all time points.
conclusionsPsychiatric education can decrease the stigma of mental illness and increase student confidence. However, one-time, contact-based educational interventions require further evaluation in this context. The key components are postulated to be contact, knowledge and attention to process, where attending to the student's internal experience of working with people with mental illness is an integral factor in modulating perceptions of mental illness and a psychiatric career.
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