The impact of a TV report in schizophrenia stigma reduction: A quasi-experimental study

Nathaly de Oliveira Bosoni, Geraldo Busatto Filho and Daniel Martins de Barros

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2017, vol. 63, issue 3, 275-277

Abstract: Background: Stigma is a major problem in schizophrenia, and the most effective way to reduce it is to provide information. But literature lacks studies evaluating long-term efficacy of mass communication. Aims: This is a pilot study to assess if a brief intervention (TV report) may have long-term effects. Method: Assessing stigma scores from subjects before and after seeing a vignette. Results: We found that the social distance and restriction to patients not only fell after a brief intervention but also kept lower after 1 and 3 months. Conclusion: We conclude that even brief intervention may create persistent impact in reducing discrimination.

Keywords: Stigma; schizophrenia; education; science popularization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764016688713

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