Part of the solution yet part of the problem: factors of schizophrenia stigma in mental health professionals

How do mental health professionals stigmatize incompetence in schizophrenia?

“…However, this relationship may be reciprocal. Indeed, recovery-oriented practices were recently found to be associated with fewer stereotypes in MHP (Valery et al, 2022) and with lower experienced stigmatization in mental health care according to the persons with schizophrenia and their families (Valery et al, 2023).…”

“…To our knowledge, there is no available tool specifically aimed at measuring incompetence stereotypes in detail. Based on the literature and previous work of the research team, we identified some items of existing measures that assess incompetence stereotypes, to select existing formulations (Magliano et al, 2004; Stuber et al, 2014; Valery et al, 2022). Second, we chose domains of incompetence that are relevant for recovery-oriented practices and which probe individuals’ skills in several different domains (Le Boutillier et al, 2011).…”

“…The beliefs in recovery possibilities item asked the participants to give their opinion on “Persons diagnosed with schizophrenia can recover (live a satisfying life, productive and full of hope despite the illness limits),” rated on a 7-point Likert scale (from 1 = totally false to 7 = totally true , an item drawn from Valery et al, 2022).…”

“…Compassion was assessed by asking participants if persons with schizophrenia make them feel compassion, rated on a 7-point scale (1 = not at all , 2 = slightly , 3 = a little , 4 = moderately , 5 = quite a bit , 6 = a lot , 7 = extremely , an item drawn from Valery et al, 2022). Gender, age, and profession were also collected.…”

When mental health care is stigmatizing: A participative study in schizophrenia.

“…Indeed, schizophrenia stigmatization in MHP has been associated with several factors (for a recent review, see Valery & Prouteau, 2020), classified according to four dimensions: sociodemographic characteristics of MHP (e.g., age), professional contextual characteristics (e.g., type of mental health services, work in multidisciplinary team), professional individual characteristics (e.g., profession, self-utility beliefs), and MHP’s theoretical beliefs (e.g., biomedical beliefs, theoretical orientation). Among the latter, perceived similarities (i.e., sharing similarities or common points with persons with schizophrenia) were associated with a lower stigmatization in MHP (Servais & Saunders, 2007; Valery et al, 2022) as well in the general population (Violeau et al, 2020).…”