ArticleGlobal mental health (Cambridge, England)2024
Understanding mental health stigma and discrimination in Ethiopia: A qualitative study.
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- Picturing a mental health journey: experience of a participatory photovoice approach to presenting recovery narratives of people with lived experiences and caregivers in Ethiopia.International journal of mental health systems · 2025Article
- The lifetime prevalence and associated factors of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among high school adolescents in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Review
- A comprehensive review of mental health services across selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa: assessing progress, challenges, and future direction.Discover mental health · 2025Review
- "They treat us like rabid dogs": Stigma and discrimination as experienced by people living with psychosis and their caregivers in Malawi-A photovoice study.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- "Blood is thicker than water" - experiences and perspectives of family caregivers of people living with severe mental illness at Holy Water traditional healing sites, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Background: Stigma is significantly impacted by cultural and contextual value systems. People with mental health conditions frequently have to deal with the condition itself and the associated stigma and discrimination. Contextual understanding is essential to design measures and interventions. Objective: This study aimed to explore the experiences and perceptions of people with mental health conditions, their families and key stakeholders. Method: A qualitative method used to understand mental health-related stigma and its local contexts. Sixteen participants, including service users, caregivers, service providers and health service administrators, were interviewed. Result: People with mental health conditions and their caregivers experienced various forms of stigmatization which is linked to attributions about the causality of the illness, overt manifestations of mental health condition leading to easy identification and functional impairments that adversely affect participation. Social contact, lived experiences sharing and training of service providers are relevant intervention strategy to address stigma. Implication: Stigma and exclusion are prominent in the experiences of people with mental health conditions and their caregivers in this rural Ethiopian setting. Measurement of stigma and the development of interventions should consider how stigma is socially constructed. Anti-stigma interventions need to be implemented alongside expanded local access to mental healthcare.
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