Comment on “The Potential Effect of the Psychiatric Clerkship and Contact-Based Hypothesis on Explicit and Implicit Stigmatizing Attitudes of Canadian Medical Students Towards Mental Illness”

Studies have shown that stigma surrounding mental health is a major barrier to seeking medical treatment [3], and there is significant correlation between mental illness and lower standard of physical healthcare received [4]. [...]a response rate potentially introduces selection bias into the study....

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Published inAcademic psychiatry Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 242 - 243
Main Authors Evans, Ellie V., McCaughan, Rory P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Attitude
Attitudes
Bias
Canada
Clinical Clerkship
Conflict of Interest
Humans
Hypotheses
Letter to the Editor
Medical Education
Medical Services
Medical students
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental Disorders
Mental health
Meta Analysis
Patients
Psychiatry
Reflective Teaching
Stigma
Students, Medical
Teaching Methods
Validity
Canada
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Summary:Studies have shown that stigma surrounding mental health is a major barrier to seeking medical treatment [3], and there is significant correlation between mental illness and lower standard of physical healthcare received [4]. [...]a response rate potentially introduces selection bias into the study. [...]we agree with the authors that the need to study and address stigma felt by medical students towards patients with mental illness is a highly relevant issue and an essential measure to improve patient experience and outcomes.
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ISSN:1042-9670
1545-7230
DOI:10.1007/s40596-019-01159-y