ReviewThe Psychiatric quarterly2020
Stigma in Healthcare? Exploring the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavioural Responses of Healthcare Professionals and Students toward Individuals with Mental Illnesses.
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- Oral and dental health utilization determinants in special health care needs: a systematic review of reviews.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- The Impact of Stigma on Autonomous Motivation Among Psychiatric Hospital Staff in China: The Mediating Role of Turnover Intention.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Adaptation and Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MAKS-BR) in the Context of Primary Health Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Online conversations on perceived stigma among pregnant individuals who use cannabis.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Article
- Human rights engagement, stigma and attitudes towards mental health among Colombian social work and medical students.Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice · 2025Article
- The Influence of Medical Culture and Key Factors on Mobile App Usage Frequency and Perceived Effectiveness in Physical Therapy: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Association Between Comorbidities and Inpatient Postpartum Permanent Contraception Completion.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2025Article
- Stigma Toward Severe Mental Illness Among Healthcare Students: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Effect of healthcare professionals' perceived occupational stigma on organizational citizenship behavior: a moral cleansing perspective.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
- Understanding the needs of undergraduate healthcare students in relation to suicide prevention training: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Mental Health Awareness: Stigma and Help-Seeking Among Portuguese College Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Silent Burden: Investigating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Social Isolation Among Healthcare Workers During COVID-19.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Photovoice in Aggression Management Training for Medical and Nursing Students-A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exploring the role of the Recovery College model as a transformative tool for recovery-oriented practice: perceived benefits and perspectives from health practitioners in Quebec, Canada.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Assessing Stigma towards Mental Illness in Relation to Demographics Attitudes and Past Experiences among Pharmacy Students in a Jordanian University Sample.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Reaching "covidianidad": A qualitative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the perceived mental health of health care workers in the Dominican Republic.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Mental health first aid training among healthcare French students: a qualitative study.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- 'What's she doing here?' Overcoming barriers to the implementation of Expert by Experience positions in academia.Australian occupational therapy journal · 2022Article
- Unraveling Mental Health Stigma: A Qualitative Study of Health Science Students' Perceptions Toward Patients With Mental Illness in the United Arab Emirates.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Article
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Abstract
Individuals with mental illnesses are often stigmatized by healthcare professionals and students, shaping the quality of care that such clients receive. This study examines the knowledge, attitudes, and behavioural responses of healthcare professionals and students toward individuals with mental illnesses. The seven-phase meta-ethnography was utilized to complete this study: getting started, deciding relevance, reading the studies, determining how the studies are related, translating the studies into one another, synthesizing translations, and expressing the synthesis. The meta-synthesis yielded five core themes. Two themes described insight into positive and negative perceptions and behaviours of healthcare professionals and students toward individuals with mental illnesses. Three themes addressed the factors, including insufficiencies in the healthcare system, contact experiences, and other biological and social influences, that impact the perceptions and behaviours. Understanding these humiliating perceptions and behaviours and the factors that shape them is the first step toward diminishing mental health stigma in the healthcare system.
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