Mental illness attitudes in medical education: assessing the stigma in medical students
Factors affecting the quality of physician care include a shortage of trained staff, stigma, and discrimination. Objective. The objective was to compare the intensity of stigmatization before and after a Psychiatry course, as measured by the scale of clinicians’ attitudes towards mental illness, a v...
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Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
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| author | Márquez Cervantes, Ernesto Romero Guerra, Daniela Haydé Costilla Esquivel, Antonio |
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| description | Factors affecting the quality of physician care include a shortage of trained staff, stigma, and discrimination. Objective. The objective was to compare the intensity of stigmatization before and after a Psychiatry course, as measured by the scale of clinicians’ attitudes towards mental illness, a version for medical students (MICA-2) designed to identify stigmatic attitudes towards mental disorders. Method. The fifth-year Medicine students enrolled in the Psychiatry course answered anonymously using the MICA-2 test at the start and the end of their course. Additionally, we asked the students to answer a question about their interest in learning more about mental illness. Results. Three hundred and thirty students were invited; 300 agreed to participate in the first application of the scales, and 291 in the follow-up. The average age was 22 ± 2 years,with a range of 20-30 years, and there was a similar gender distribution in both applications. In the initial application, the average score of the MICA-2 was 41.34 (SD = 7.86, 95% CI = [40.43, 42.25]). The follow-up application’s mean was 37.10 (SD = 8.15, 95% CI = [36.30, 38.15]). Also, there was a decrease in interest in learning more about mental illness. Discussion and conclusion. A reduction in the average scores of the MICA-2 was observed after a Psychiatry course, suggesting that attitudes toward mental disorders improved. A Psychiatry clerkship with close supervision modified the attitudes of medical students toward mental disorders. However, it did not increase their interest in learning more about mental illness. |
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| spelling | eprints-301322025-06-23T19:32:24Z http://eprints.uanl.mx/30132/ Mental illness attitudes in medical education: assessing the stigma in medical students Márquez Cervantes, Ernesto Romero Guerra, Daniela Haydé Costilla Esquivel, Antonio Factors affecting the quality of physician care include a shortage of trained staff, stigma, and discrimination. Objective. The objective was to compare the intensity of stigmatization before and after a Psychiatry course, as measured by the scale of clinicians’ attitudes towards mental illness, a version for medical students (MICA-2) designed to identify stigmatic attitudes towards mental disorders. Method. The fifth-year Medicine students enrolled in the Psychiatry course answered anonymously using the MICA-2 test at the start and the end of their course. Additionally, we asked the students to answer a question about their interest in learning more about mental illness. Results. Three hundred and thirty students were invited; 300 agreed to participate in the first application of the scales, and 291 in the follow-up. The average age was 22 ± 2 years,with a range of 20-30 years, and there was a similar gender distribution in both applications. In the initial application, the average score of the MICA-2 was 41.34 (SD = 7.86, 95% CI = [40.43, 42.25]). The follow-up application’s mean was 37.10 (SD = 8.15, 95% CI = [36.30, 38.15]). Also, there was a decrease in interest in learning more about mental illness. Discussion and conclusion. A reduction in the average scores of the MICA-2 was observed after a Psychiatry course, suggesting that attitudes toward mental disorders improved. A Psychiatry clerkship with close supervision modified the attitudes of medical students toward mental disorders. However, it did not increase their interest in learning more about mental illness. Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd http://eprints.uanl.mx/30132/7/30132.pdf http://eprints.uanl.mx/30132/7.haspreviewThumbnailVersion/30132.pdf Márquez Cervantes, Ernesto y Romero Guerra, Daniela Haydé y Costilla Esquivel, Antonio (2023) Mental illness attitudes in medical education: assessing the stigma in medical students. Salud mental, 46 (2). pp. 105-110. ISSN 0185-3325 doi:10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2023.014 |
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