Mental health literacy, stigma and perception of causation of mental illness among Chinese people in Taiwan

Zhuang, Xiao Yu; Wong, Daniel Fu Keung; Cheng, Chi; Pan, S. H.

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“…21 This subsequently affects an individual's attitude and willingness to seek counseling or therapy. [22][23][24] An estimated 29.2% of the Malaysian population suffer from a mental disorder, 24 and 11.0% of adolescents reported severe depression. 25 However, there is a low rate for helpseeking for mental illness, and psychiatric disorders are treated at a late stage.…”

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The Effectiveness of a Depression Literacy Program on Stigma and Mental Help-Seeking Among Adolescents in Malaysia: A Control Group Study With 3-Month Follow-Up

Ibrahim

Safien

Siau

et al. 2020

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This study evaluated the effectiveness of a depression literacy program on depression literacy, mental health stigma, and help-seeking attitude among adolescents with a monthly household income of RM3900 a month or less (B40) in Malaysia. The program included a lecture, mental awareness activities, and a short video on depression. Residents from a boarding school for lower income families were involved in this study (N = 101); 53 of them underwent the program and another 48 served as the control group. There were significant improvements for all variables in the intervention group (better depression literacy, reduced self-stigma, reduced negative beliefs on mental health, and increased help-seeking) at posttest. However, the results were sustained at 3-month follow-up only for the depression literacy, mental help-seeking attitude, and self-stigma of seeking help variables when compared with the control group. The findings highlight the need to improve the program to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of the outcomes.

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The Effectiveness of a Depression Literacy Program on Stigma and Mental Help-Seeking Among Adolescents in Malaysia: A Control Group Study With 3-Month Follow-Up

Ibrahim

Safien

Siau

et al. 2020

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“…Depression is associated with functional impairment, risk of dementia, and increased mortality 2 . With insufficient knowledge and stigmatizing attitudes toward depression among Taiwanese people 3 , the situation regarding undiagnosed cases may be worse than that in other countries. In addition, approximately 50% of patients with depression drop out of the treatment before receiving the antidepressant therapy of 6–9 months that is recommended in Taiwan 4 , which will increase the risk of recurrence.…”

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Cataract and the increased risk of depression in general population: a 16-year nationwide population-based longitudinal study

Chen

Liu

Lin

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Cataract is the primary cause of visual impairment and can be corrected by cataract surgery. We investigated the impact of cataract on the risk of depression along with the benefits of cataract surgery. Patients newly diagnosed with cataract by ophthalmologists between 2001 and 2015 were identified from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) in Taiwan. Non-cataract individuals were recruited by 1:1 matching for age, sex and index year. After propensity score matching, 233,258 patients in total were included in our study: 116,629 in each of the cataract and non-cataract cohorts. The primary outcome was the new diagnosis of depression by psychiatrists. In a mean follow-up period of 7.8 years, cataract was significantly associated with increased risk of developing depression (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] = 1.78, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.70–1.87, p < 0.001). We further divided the cataract cohort into surgery and non-surgery groups. Notably, cataract surgery group was associated with a decreased risk of depression compared with non-surgery patients (aHR = 0.75, 95% CI 0.71–0.79, p < 0.001). Our results emphasise the importance of regular screening for depression among cataract patients and the beneficial effect of cataract surgery in reducing the risk of depression.

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“…Stigma is referred to as a social construct comprised of 4 interrelated components including: 1) people distinguish and label human differences as a knowledge problem; 2) labeled people are caused damage by negative stereotypes as a attitude problem; 3) labeled people are placed in exclusion and 4) labeled people have a lost status and are discriminated against in terms of behavior problems (Svensson & Hansson, 2016) (Reavley, Morgan, & Jorm, 2017). A stigmatized attitude was related to the mental disorder itself (Zhuang, Wong, Cheng, & Pan, 2017). The stigma of mental health has a detrimental effect because the sufferers tend to be hesitant to reveal a psychiatric diagnosis, meaning that there is a decrease in mental health-seeking behavior and decreased medication adherence, which potentially worsens the disease prognosis (Ndetei et al, 2016) (Subica et al, 2019).…”

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Prevention of the Stigma of Mental Disorders in the Community

Astuti¹,

Reong²,

Fiddaroini³

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J. Ners

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Introduction:The stigma felt towards clients with mental disorders is still negative in community. Health education programs are run by health workers in order to reduce the stigma for clients with mental disorders in the community. These programs have been widely implemented but there has been a low impact on the community thus far. The aim of this study was to gain an insight into the stigma focused on clients with mental disorders in the community.

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Mental health literacy, stigma and perception of causation of mental illness among Chinese people in Taiwan

Cited by 40 publications

References 34 publications

The Effectiveness of a Depression Literacy Program on Stigma and Mental Help-Seeking Among Adolescents in Malaysia: A Control Group Study With 3-Month Follow-Up

The Effectiveness of a Depression Literacy Program on Stigma and Mental Help-Seeking Among Adolescents in Malaysia: A Control Group Study With 3-Month Follow-Up

Cataract and the increased risk of depression in general population: a 16-year nationwide population-based longitudinal study

Prevention of the Stigma of Mental Disorders in the Community

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