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ArticleWorld psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)2014

Effectiveness of programs for reducing the stigma associated with mental disorders. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Kathleen M Griffiths, Bradley Carron-Arthur, Alison Parsons, Russell Reid

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Article in World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 165 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

165 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 459 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kathleen M GriffithsCentre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Acton, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
Bradley Carron-Arthur
Alison Parsons
Russell Reid
Australian National University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The stigma associated with mental disorders is a global public health problem. Programs to combat it must be informed by the best available evidence. To this end, a meta-analysis was undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of existing programs. A systematic search of PubMed, PsycINFO and Cochrane databases yielded 34 relevant papers, comprising 33 randomized controlled trials. Twenty-seven papers (26 trials) contained data that could be incorporated into a quantitative analysis. Of these trials, 19 targeted personal stigma or social distance (6,318 participants), six addressed perceived stigma (3,042 participants) and three self-stigma (238 participants). Interventions targeting personal stigma or social distance yielded small but significant reductions in stigma across all mental disorders combined (d=0.28, 95% CI: 0.17-0.39, p<0.001) as well as for depression (d=0.36, 95% CI: 0.10-0.60, p<0.01), psychosis (d=0.20, 95% CI: 0.06-0.34, p<0.01) and generic mental illness (d=0.30, 95% CI: 0.10-0.50, p<0.01). Educational interventions were effective in reducing personal stigma (d=0.33, 95% CI: 0.19-0.42, p<0.001) as were interventions incorporating consumer contact (d=0.47, 95% CI: 0.17-0.78, p<0.001), although there were insufficient studies to demonstrate an effect for consumer contact alone. Internet programs were at least as effective in reducing personal stigma as face-to-face delivery. There was no evidence that stigma interventions were effective in reducing perceived or self-stigma. In conclusion, there is an evidence base to inform the roll out of programs for improving personal stigma among members of the community. However, there is a need to investigate methods for improving the effectiveness of these programs and to develop interventions that are effective in reducing perceived and internalized stigma.

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consumer contactdepressioneducational interventionsInternet programsmental illnessperceived stigmapersonal stigmaschizophreniaself-stigmasocial distanceStigma

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PMID24890069
PMCPMC4102289
OpenAlexW2019025429

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