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Correlations between medical students’ specialty choice and different attitudes towards mental illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

M. Pascucci ,
E. Stella ,
M. La Montagna ,
D. Di Sabatino ,
R. Nicastro ,
P. Grandinetti ,
R. Testa ,
P. Parente ,
L. Janiri  and
G. Pozzi
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M. Pascucci
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of Foggia, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Foggia, Italy Azienda Sanitaria Locale della Provincia di Foggia, Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, San Severo, Italy
E. Stella
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of Foggia, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Foggia, Italy
M. La Montagna
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of Foggia, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Foggia, Italy
D. Di Sabatino
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of Foggia, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Foggia, Italy
R. Nicastro
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of Foggia, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Foggia, Italy
P. Grandinetti
Affiliation:
AUSL Modena, Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, Modena, Italy Institute of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Department of Neuroscience, Rome, Italy
R. Testa
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Department of Neuroscience, Rome, Italy
P. Parente
Affiliation:
Section of Hygiene, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Department of Public Health, Rome, Italy
L. Janiri
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Department of Neuroscience, Rome, Italy
G. Pozzi
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Department of Neuroscience, Rome, Italy
A. Ventriglio
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of Foggia, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Foggia, Italy Azienda Sanitaria Locale della Provincia di Foggia, Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, San Severo, Italy
A. Bellomo
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of Foggia, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Foggia, Italy Azienda Sanitaria Locale della Provincia di Foggia, Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, San Severo, Italy

Abstract

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Introduction

Discrimination and stigmatization cause an important burden for people suffering from psychiatric disorders. The medical doctors, those who should be important reference points for psychiatric patients, are instead one of the categories that contribute to their stigmatization.

Objectives

It is extremely important to study and to know the attitudes of undergraduate medical students towards psychiatric disorders, since these individuals will be involved in the care of these patients throughout their careers.

Aims

The present study analyzes the attitudes of a group of Italian medical students towards mental illness, highlighting the differences between the students who would choose surgical specialties from those who prefer medical ones.

Methods

A total of 339 medical students of different medical schools, in Rome and Foggia (Italy), completed a cross-sectional survey. The Italian version of community attitude towards the mentally Ill test (CAMI) was used to evaluate the students’ attitudes.

Results

The students that would choose medical specialties reported less stigmatizing responses in 11 CAMI items (including five items with P < 0.01), in benevolence and community mental health ideology subscales (P = 0.003) and in the total score (P = 0.003).

Conclusions

It is evident that the students that prefer the surgical specialties have more stigmatizing attitudes towards psychiatric patients. Negative feedbacks on Psychiatry from non-psychiatrist colleagues may have a fundamental role in stigmatizing mental disorders.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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e-Poster Viewing: Promotion of mental health
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S739
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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