Perceived Stigma towards Mental Illness among College Students of Western Nepal

Pokharel, Bandana; Pokharel, Anupama

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“…The study population included conveniently sampled students attending in classes 11,12 of Delhi Public School after a written consent from both the principal and the participants.The sample size was calculated with 95% confidence interval and 80% power. Taking into consideration a similar study done in western Nepal among college students (Pokharel B, Pokharel A), 7 the level of stigma towards mental illness was 43.6%. Considering this the negative attitude towards mental illness the sample size was calculated with prevalence as 43.6, compliment of prevalence 56.4 and permissible error at 20% as 8.72.…”

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“…None of the factors among gender, urban or rural background, history of mental illness, relative or friend with mental illness alone were significantly related to the level of perceived stigma among the college students during their graduation studies which was similar to our findings. 7 Researches done in neighboring countries like Pakistan showed no differences in attitude between males and females. 13 However, in our study males were found to have more negative attitude than the females.…”

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“…The obtainable score from this subscale varied between zero to 10. 7 In order to ensure the validity of the study, students were oriented and explained about the questions. The BMI scale has not been used in Nepal as far as we know but it has been used in secondary level students of Eritrea.…”

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Attitude of Senior Secondary Level Students towards Mental Illness

Nepal

Rayamajhi

Shrestha

et al. 2020

J Psychiatr Assoc Nepal

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Introduction: Mental disorders are recognized as a major contributor (12%) to the global burden of disease and are among the most stigmatizing conditions worldwide. The lack of awareness is very evident in Nepal. In this study, we aimed to learn about the attitude of senior secondary level students towards mental illness. Material And Method: Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted amongst senior secondary level students to investigate about their attitude towards mental illness. We recruited a sample of 138 students from classes 11 and 12 from a conveniently sampled school of Dharan Sub-metropolitan. Semi-structured questionnaire was used to elicit the information. Results: Our study group consisted of 53.6% females while 46.4% were males. Equal numbers of students were sampled from each grades with their ages ranging from 14-18 years. The mean for total of BMI scale was 52 and the standard deviation was observed to be 12.810. The T-tests revealed males had more negative attitude than the female students which was statistically significant with a p value of 0.048. Our study revealed that there was a significant negative correlation between the attitude scores and the grade the respondents were studying and also between the gender of the respondent, father’s and mother’s education level and in students having a family member or neighbor suffer from mental illness. Conclusion: Most of the students in the senior secondary level were found to have negative attitudes towards mental illness though no any variables were found to be contributing towards such perceptions from our research.

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Attitude of Senior Secondary Level Students towards Mental Illness

Nepal

Rayamajhi

Shrestha

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J Psychiatr Assoc Nepal

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“…Pharmacy student reported more negative attitudes and stigma than other medical and science undergraduate university students ( Shehata and Abdeldaim, 2020 ). Furthermore, about 43.6% of the student at science college reported stigma toward patient with mental illness ( Pokharel and Pokharel, 2017 ).…”

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Religiosity and stigma toward patients with mental illness among undergraduate university students

Al‐Natour

Abuhammad

Al‐Modallal

2021

Heliyon

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There is a dearth of research that investigates the relationship between religiosity and stigma of mental illnesses by the context of Jordanian culture. So, this study aimed to describe the relationship between religiosity and stigma against mental illnesses as described by undergraduate university students in Jordan. This study design was descriptive correlations study among 338 University Students, undergraduate students in Jordan. The findings indicate there is a significant correlation (r = - 0.154, p < 0.05) between stigma toward patient with mental illnesses and religiosity. The higher religiosity score is associated with more negativity toward stigma of patient with mental illnesses. Also, the findings indicated there was a significant difference between medical and non-medical student's specialty area and stigma toward patients with mental illnesses (t = 111.14, p = 0.01). Non-medical students reported more stigma for patients with mental illnesses. Stigma against patient with mental illnesses should be addressed at different levels. Cultural competency curriculum should be established for medical and non-medical students to assure more acceptance attitudes and avoidance of stigma against patients with mental illnesses.

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“…Nepal is not an exception towards stigma for mental illness, where, public stigma towards mental illness was 43.6% [15]. Public stigma was measured using devaluation discrimination scale developed by Link and colleagues.…”

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Prevalence of self-stigma and its association with self-esteem among psychiatric patients in a Nepalese teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study

Maharjan

Panthee

2019

BMC Psychiatry

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BackgroundStigma against mental illness cuts across all age, religion, ethnic origin or socio-economic status. Similarly, self-stigma among psychiatric patients is also prevalent worldwide. The consequences of self-stigma are low self-esteem, increased severity of symptoms, low treatment adherence, increased rate of suicidality and decreased quality of life. Thus, this study aims to find the prevalence of self-stigma and its association with self-esteem of patients with mental illness in Nepal.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study conducted among 180 patients with mental illness attending a psychiatric Outpatient Department (OPD). Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used for the study. The data was collected by face to face interview technique. Structured interview schedule questionnaire (brief version of internalized stigma scale and Rosenberg self-esteem scale) was used to collect the data. Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and correlation analysis were used for data analysis. P value was set at 0.05.ResultsOverall prevalence of self-stigma was 54.44%. Among those who had self-stigma 48% had mild self-stigma, 34.7% had moderate self-stigma and 17.3% had severe self-stigma. Among the five components of self-stigma scale, the highest mean score was on stereotype endorsement, followed by discrimination experience, social withdrawal, stigma resistance, and the lowest for the component of alienation. Furthermore, strong negative correlation (r = − 0.74) was found between self-stigma and self-esteem. The correlation was still significant (r = − 0.69) after controlling for socio-demographic and clinical variables. Hospital admission and diagnostic category of respondents were significantly associated with self-stigma. However, no significant association was found between socio-demographic variables and self-stigma.ConclusionBased on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that self-stigma is prevalent among psychiatric patients in Nepal. Most of the respondents experienced stereotype endorsement. Also, higher self-stigma is significantly associated with poor self-esteem suggesting self-stigma reduction programs. Furthermore, strong negative relationship between self-stigma and self-esteem suggests some causal relationship studies to confirm if self-esteem enhancement program can be beneficial to reduce self-stigma among psychiatric patients.

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Perceived Stigma towards Mental Illness among College Students of Western Nepal

Cited by 6 publications

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Attitude of Senior Secondary Level Students towards Mental Illness

Attitude of Senior Secondary Level Students towards Mental Illness

Religiosity and stigma toward patients with mental illness among undergraduate university students

Prevalence of self-stigma and its association with self-esteem among psychiatric patients in a Nepalese teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study

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