People with mental illness stigmatize mental illness less

A comparison study between a hospital-based sample of people with mental illness and a non-clinical general population sample in urban India

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2395544
AutoresJean-Francois Trani (0000-0002-9187-0946, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, autor de correspondencia), Bing-Jie Yen (Indiana University Bloomington), Bing‐jie Yen (0000-0002-4024-1314, Indiana University Bloomington), Alexis Duncan (Washington University in St. Louis), Alexis E Duncan (0000-0001-8021-4305, Washington University in St. Louis), P Bakhshi (0000-0002-4439-4617, Washington University in St. Louis), Trinley Palmo (University of Virginia), Sushrut Jadhav (0000-0001-5325-8687, University College London), Smita Deshpande (Department of Psychiatry, De-addiction Services & Resource Center for Tobacco Control, PGIMER-Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India), Smita N Deshpande (0000-0001-7770-9657, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital)
Año2023
Volumen60
Número6
Páginas954-972
Fecha de publicación2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTranscultural Psychiatric Research Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0041-1108 • E-ISSN: 0315-4386
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13634615231179265
PMID37551092
OpenAlexW4385660864
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas136

Evidence shows that stigma negatively influences the quality of life of persons with severe mental illness. Nonetheless, stigma towards mental illness is lower among persons with a lived experience of mental illness compared to the rest of the population. Understanding the association between stigma of mental illness and the mental status of individuals living in urban India and whether this association is moderated by demographic factors opens a new avenue for prevention of social exclusion. Persons diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or severe unipolar depression (cases, n = 647) were recruited from among hospital patients in New Delhi between November 2011 and June 2012 and matched with non-psychiatric urban dwellers by age, sex, and location of residence (controls, n = 649). Propensity score matching with multivariable linear regression was used to test whether stigma towards mental illness, measured by a 13-item Stigma Questionnaire, differed between cases and controls. Cases reported significantly lower stigma scores than controls (b = -0.50, p < 0.0001). The strength of the association between mental illness and stigma was not affected after controlling for age, caste, sex, education, and employment status, while wealth marginally reduced the strength of the association. These findings suggest individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, in New Delhi, India, may be more tolerant towards mental illness and support the need to involve persons with lived experience in the development and implementation of health promotional campaigns and programs aimed at reducing stigma towards mental illness

Environmental health · Mental health · Mental illness · Population · Psychiatry · Stigma (botany · Clinical Psychology · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment