Mexican Psychiatric Trainees’ Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness

A Qualitative Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8909377
AutoresEmmeline Lagunes-Córdoba (0000-0002-1001-4786, King's College London, autor de correspondencia), Lagunes-Córdoba Roberto (0000-0003-0650-4085, Universidad Veracruzana), Roberto Lagunes-Cordoba, Ana Fresán (0000-0001-9160-6988, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz), Ana Fresan-Orellana, Jorge J González‐Olvera (0000-0001-6325-7434, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz), Jorge Gonzalez-Olvera, Manuela Jarrett (0009-0004-8058-2916, City, University of London), Graham Thornicroft (0000-0003-0662-0879, King's College London), Claire Henderson (0000-0002-6998-5659, King's College London)
Año2021
Volumen58
Número5
Páginas982-991
Fecha de publicación2021-10-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCommunity Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0010-3853 • E-ISSN: 1573-2789
EditorialSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s10597-021-00907-5
PMID34716830
OpenAlexW3211157374
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas45

Despite their training, psychiatrists have been found to have negative attitudes towards people with mental illness, including the patients they treat. Similarly, studies focused on service users have identified psychiatrists as a source of stigma. Even though negative attitudes in psychiatrists have been identified in different countries and settings, in Mexico the attitudes of these professionals have never been assessed. Because of this, we invited psychiatric trainees from a hospital in Mexico to participate in individual interviews to describe their opinions regarding mental health-related stigma, to evaluate their attitudes towards people with mental illness and to identify factors that could be influencing their attitudes. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. A total of 29 trainees participated in the study. The results suggested that trainees recognised psychiatrists can have negative attitudes towards people with mental illness, such as poor empathy, judgement and labelling, and mainly towards patients considered difficult and with borderline personality disorder. Participants recognised these attitudes can influence their relationship with patients, and considered it is necessary to develop interventions to improve their own attitudes and reduce mental health stigma. From this study we concluded Mexican psychiatrists are not free from stigma towards people with mental illness. However, Mexican psychiatric trainees are interested in improving their attitudes and reactions towards their patients

Empathy · Family medicine · Mental health · Mental illness · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Qualitative research · Social stigma · Stigma (botany · Thematic analysis · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology