Trial reportNeuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater2020
Effects of contact-based, short-term anti-stigma training for medical students : Results from a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater, 2020. 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 8 papers.
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Chinese Culture-Specific Intervention to Decrease the Stigma of Nursing Students Towards Schizophrenia--A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Structured Intervention for Medical Students Significantly Improves Awareness of Stigmatisation in Visible Chronic Skin Diseases: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2022Trial
- Behind the Gaps: A Narrative Review of Healthcare Barriers for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Stigma Toward Bipolar Disorder Among Psychiatry Residents: A Pilot Study Utilizing Narrative Medicine and a Video Vignette.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Narrative Podcasts to Foster Empathy and Reduce Stigma Among Third-Year Medical Students.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2023Article
- The effects of social isolation stress and discrimination on mental health.Translational psychiatry · 2022Review
- Effectiveness and types of interventions to reduce mental illness-related stigma among Medical university students: A literature review (1997-2020).Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2022Review
- [Testimonial injustice against people with mental disorders in health care. A conceptual and ethical analysis].Ethik in der Medizin : Organ der Akademie fur Ethik in der Medizin · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMental health stigma (MHS) places a burden on those affected that far exceeds psychosocial harms. Contact-based anti-stigma work has been found effective for several target groups. For medical students however, its efficacy remains unclear.
aimThe purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of contact-based, trialogic anti-stigma training for medical students.
methodsA randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted, controlling for standard clinical placement in psychiatry. External validity was maximized by including all students (n = 204) who started their 6‑week obligatory psychiatry course during the study period between March and July 2018. Assessments were conducted at the beginning of each of the two covered terms and immediately postintervention.
resultsStudents who received the anti-stigma training displayed significantly less stigmatizing attitudes after the intervention, measured using the MICA (Mental Illness-Clinicians' Attitudes) scale as primary outcome. Analogous findings were noted for social distance and stereotypes, whereas these could not be observed for emotional reactions. All significant changes were independent of gender and age.
conclusionThe positive results underpin the research in this field and point towards the inclusion of comparable interventions in regular student curricula. Given the limitation of a missing late follow-up, however, further research regarding the persistence of stigma reduction is needed.
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