Pingani, Luca, Evans-Lacko, Sara 
ORCID: 0000-0003-4691-2630, Del Vecchio, Valeria, Luciano, Mario, Catellani, Sara, Hamati, Arneda, Rigatelli, Marco and Fiorillo, Andrea
(2015)
University students’ identification of stigmatizing schizophrenia in Italian newspapers.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 85 (2).
pp. 139-144.
ISSN 0002-9432
Abstract
Stigma associated with mental disorders represents one main obstacle to receive appropriate care for people with mental disorders. Compared to adults, university students have higher levels of stigmatizing attitudes toward patients with schizophrenia. The primary aim of this case-control study was to assess university students’ ability to identify stigma toward schizophrenia in Italian newspapers. Secondary aims were: a) to explore differences in stigmatizing attitudes among two different groups of university students (health professionals [HP] and nonhealth professionals [n-HP]) and b) to compare the attitudes of these two groups with those of a sample of expert psychiatrists. The electronic archives of two Italian newspapers were searched using the term “schizo” (as a word or part of it). One hundred seventy articles published between January and December 2011 were identified. Students from the HP group and expert psychiatrists had a higher ability to detect stigmatizing attitudes in newspapers. Students from the n-HP group had a higher concordance with the experts on the topics “characteristics of the article” and “services and rights.” Our findings highlight the importance of targeting university students with correct and updated information about schizophrenia and its psychosocial consequences
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=browsePA.volum... |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 APA |
| Divisions: | Care Policy and Evaluation Centre |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2015 10:38 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2024 06:50 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/62964 |
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