TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Evaluating explicit and implicit stigma of mental illness in mental health professionals and medical students
JO  - Community mental health journal
A1  - Kopera, Maciej
A1  - Suszek, Hubert
A1  - Bonar, Erin E.
A1  - Myszka, Maciej
A1  - Gmaj, Bartłomiej
A1  - Ilgen, Mark
A1  - Wojnar, Marcin
SP  - 628
EP  - 634
VL  - 51
IS  - 5
N2  - The study investigated explicit and implicit attitudes towards people with mental illness among medical students (non-professionals) with no previous contact with mentally ill patients and psychiatrists and psychotherapists (professionals) who had at least 2 years of professional contact with mentally ill patients. Explicit attitudes where assessed by self-report. Implicit attitudes were measured with the Go/No-Go Association Task, a variant of the Implicit Association Test that does not require the use of a comparison category. Compared to non-professionals, mental health professionals reported significantly higher approach emotions than non-professionals towards people with mental illness, showed a lesser tendency to discriminate against them, and held less restrictive attitudes. Both groups reported negative implicit attitudes towards mentally ill. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that both non-professionals and professionals display ambivalent attitudes towards people with mental illness and that professional, long-term contact with people with mental illness does not necessarily modify negative implicit attitudes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-3853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-014-9796-6
ID  - ref1
ER  -