ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Advancing Research to Eliminate Mental Illness Stigma: The Design and Evaluation of a Single-Arm Intervention Among University Students in Singapore.
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- Facilitators of professional psychological help-seeking among university students: a narrative review from an individual-environment dual-dimensional perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
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- Examining bystander intervention for peer depression and sociodemographic correlates among university students in Singapore.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Identification of Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors Influencing the Feeling of Stigmatization in People with Type 1 Diabetes.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- "Looking beyond Mental Health Stigma": An Online Focus Group Study among Senior Undergraduate Nursing Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Strategies to Reduce Mental Illness Stigma: Perspectives of People with Lived Experience and Caregivers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Advancing research to eliminate mental illness stigma: an interventional study to improve community attitudes towards depression among University students in Singapore.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Social Stigma Toward Diabetes: Results From a Nationwide- Survey in Singapore.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Recognition of Depression and Help-Seeking Preference Among University Students in Singapore: An Evaluation of the Impact of Advancing Research to Eliminate Mental Illness Stigma an Education and Contact Intervention.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- The potential impact of an anti-stigma intervention on mental health help-seeking attitudes among university students.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Mental illness stigma's reasons and determinants (MISReaD) among Singapore's lay public - a qualitative inquiry.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnti-stigma interventions for school and college students have been studied in several countries, but to the best of our knowledge, this has not been addressed in Singapore. The current study was designed to address this lacuna and aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an anti-stigma intervention focusing on depression among university students in Singapore.
methodsA one-off intervention comprising education and personal contact with a person with lived experience of depression was carried out in nine consecutive sessions over 6 months (October 2018 to April 2019) among 390 university students. Knowledge of depression and extent of stigma toward mental illness were assessed pre- and post-intervention as well as at 3-month follow-up.
resultsThe intervention was effective in improving depression knowledge ( LIMITATIONS: While 3-month follow-up data indicates favorable medium-term impact on knowledge and stigma; the study lacks long-term follow-up to examine the impact of anti-stigma interventions across time. The data were collected through self-report measures; however, social desirability bias is possible despite the assurances of confidentiality.
conclusionGiven the impact of the intervention, there is a need to consider the feasibility, challenges, and enablers of implementation of such interventions into the curriculum of university students to ensure a broader and sustained outreach and stigma reduction.
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