Medical Students' Attitudes towards Mental Illness - A Matter of Studies or Personality?

被引:4
作者
Neumann, Eva [1 ]
Obliers, Rainer [2 ]
Albus, Christian [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Dusseldorf, Klin Psychosomat Med & Psychotherapie, Fak Med, D-40629 Dusseldorf, Germany
[2] Univ Klinikum Koln, Klin Psychosomat & Psychotherapie, Cologne, Germany
关键词
mental illness stigma; medical students; social distance; empathy; narcissism; NARCISSISM; EMPATHY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; INVENTORY; STIGMA; PEOPLE; GENDER;
D O I
10.1055/s-0031-1301360
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Stigmatization of mental illness is a widespread phenomenon even among health professionals. To explore the origins of this inappropriate attitude, medical students at the beginning and in the end of their studies were examined with self-report measures of social distance towards mentally ill persons, beliefs about etiology of mental disorders, valuation of psychotherapy and the personality features empathy and narcissism. While the students' attitudes turn out to be unrelated to the personality features, significant differences between the two groups were found indicating that distance towards mentally ill patients in the medical role and ambivalence about the etiological factors of mental disorders are stronger pronounced in the end of the studies compared to the beginning. These findings underline the need to prepare medical students better for contacts with mentally ill patients.
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