Mental Health Professionals’ Attitudes Towards People with Severe Mental Illness: Are they Related to Professional Quality of Life?

Koutra, Katerina; Mavroeides, Giorgos; Triliva, Sofia

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“…The OMI scale has been used globally over decades among health professionals' categories, as well as in different populations such as undergraduate students, general population, and even psychiatric patients' relatives (32)(33)(34)(35). Additionally, the OMI scale has been widely used in Greece, targeting both the general population (17, 18), and subpopulations such as mental health professionals (25,26,36) and students (23,(37)(38)(39).…”

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“…In a recent study, Greek mental health professionals appeared willing to keep a social distance from people with serious mental disorders, while 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1027304 negative attitudes emerged, including futility of rehabilitation and considering patients as divergent (25). In another study examining Greek mental health professionals' opinions about psychiatric patients, some stereotypical opinions were documented regarding treatment duration, perceptions of psychiatric patients, and finally probability of recovery (26).…”

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Mental health-related stigma discrimination and prejudices among Greek healthcare professionals

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IntroductionResearch shows that mental health-related stigma, stereotypes, and prejudices have a negative impact on the patients themselves as well as on their families and social entourage. Healthcare professionals, whose expertise and professional ethos are historically acknowledged by public opinion, are expected to play a major role in combating discrimination against psychiatric patients. In this study, we aimed to assess the attitudes of Greek healthcare professionals toward mental illness and people suffering from it.Materials and methodsIt is a non-interventional, analytic study, in which 479 health workers from a tertiary hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece, participated. Every single hospital service –except the personnel of the Psychiatric Clinic– was included in our study: from the cleaning service to the administrative staff and the auxiliary staff such as stretcher carriers, food and nutrition services’ staff, and social workers, the nursing staff, and finally the attending physicians, taking into consideration that the psychiatric patient, from the moment he/she enters the hospital, consecutively gets in contact with every work grade of the healthcare establishment. Participants’ attitudes concerning mental illness have been evaluated using the Opinions about Mental Illness Scale (OMI), the Social Distance Scale (SDS), and the Level of Contact Report (LCR-12).ResultsDespite the high level of familiarity [as evaluated with LCR-12; mean score (μ): 8.82 ± 1.73], the employees displayed a rather poor willingness to interact with psychiatric patients (as measured with SDS; μ:11.68 ± 4.28), and endorsed significant prejudice toward individuals with mental disorders (assessed using OMI subscales; Social Discrimination μ: 22.99 ± 12.08, Social Restriction μ: 17.45 ± 9.07, Social Care μ: 21.04 ± 4.12, Social Integration μ: 16.38 ± 4.68, Etiology μ: 9.80 ± 4.95). Age and education stood out as the main determinants of participants’ attitudes, with younger and highly educated participants to have shown a relatively refined profile.ConclusionThese results are not significantly improved compared to those of previous decades in Greek healthcare professionals and call for critical reflection and targeted stigma-reduction efforts.

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“…Burnout is defined as exhaustion and fatigue due to exposure to intense emotional stress, pessimistic and cynical attitudes toward others, and lack of personal accomplishment feeling (1). Owing to the emergency condition of the COVID-19 pandemic, the burnout prevalence has increased among healthcare professionals (2,3), and some new aspects are revealed.…”

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Faculty Members Burnout in COVID-19 Pandemic Period; Shiraz Medical School as a Sample

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“…Much attention has been paid to the predictors of burnout syndrome among healthcare professionals. (2,3) Medical practitioners have recognised burnout syndrome as a serious issue due to its correlation with poor patient care. It has been shown via research that doctors, unlike those in other professions, are disproportionately likely to get burned out on their work.…”

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Burnout Syndrome and its Risk Factors among Gynecology Consultants

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Background: Burnout as a condition characterised by emotional weariness, depersonalization (a propensity to show anti and cynical views about others) and a diminished feeling of personal success. In contrast to the more generalized concept of sadness, "burnout" describes a specific kind of fatigue that occurs in the job. Objective: The study's objectives were to (a) determine whether or not burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal professional achievement) is influenced by environmental factors (gender, age, marital status, years of professional experience, number of hours worked per week, teaching level, workplace), and (b) determine whether or not these factors are related. Study Design: Cross sectional study Study Setting: This study was conducted at Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Rashid Latif Medical College Lahore from July 2022 to December 2022. Methodology: By using a systematic random sample, we were able to include 60 gynecologists. The proforma was given to them through email or print mail, and they were contacted individually. Doctors were told that by completing the anonymous proforma, after taking their consents. The study's template has two sections. The participants' demographic information was found in the first document. The second section was a copy of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). The 22-item MBI is scored on a 0–6-point Likert scale. SPSS version 20 was used to analyze the data. Results: In all, 60 gynecologists filled the performa. Participants mean ages ranged 40.55 ±6.0 years. Forty-seven of the participants were female (78.3%), whereas just four were male 13 (21.7%). The vast majority of guys had their FCPS, while married people made up the bulk of the sample 38(63.3%). In addition, 48 people (80%) were chosen field of expertise. In this study, participants were classified as burnt out if they had high EE in addition to high DP or low PPA. Over a quarter of consultants were suffering from burnout. At least 33 people The burnout prevalence rate among doctors whose annual salaries fall between 60 and 100,000 PKR is disproportionately high (Table 2). Low-income physicians had more burnout than high-income physicians (p= 0.014).

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Mental Health Professionals’ Attitudes Towards People with Severe Mental Illness: Are they Related to Professional Quality of Life?

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Mental health-related stigma discrimination and prejudices among Greek healthcare professionals

Mental health-related stigma discrimination and prejudices among Greek healthcare professionals

Faculty Members Burnout in COVID-19 Pandemic Period; Shiraz Medical School as a Sample

Burnout Syndrome and its Risk Factors among Gynecology Consultants

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