Letter to the editors: Reducing stigmatizing attitudes in high school adolescents - a cluster RCT on the effectiveness of a schizophrenia documentary

Public stigma can contribute to the challenges in finances, stable and suitable housing, employment and social relations that people with schizophrenia often experience (Morgan et al., 2017; Harrison and Gill, 2010). Studies in the adult population have demonstrated the effectiveness of contact-based documentaries in reducing social distance and negative emotions towards people with mental illness (Thonon et al., 2016). However, adolescents might be a more susceptible target group for anti-stigma interventions, because stigmatizing attitudes and early symptoms of mental illness often begin to form in childhood and early adolescence (Chisholm et al., 2016).
Source: Schizophrenia Research - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Letter to the editor Source Type: research