The study investigates stigma and stereotype content surrounding mental illness among undergraduates, suggesting a need for improved training in mental health education.
Objective Mental health professionals stigmatise mental illness, and this has negative consequences for people who suffer from mental illness. This stigmatisation is also inconsistent with the role of a mental health professional and could indicate a need for more specialised training. To inform such an approach, knowledge of the relative stigmatisation of mental illness by undergraduates from mental health-related fields is needed. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relative stigma of mental illness among a sample of undergraduates from mental health-related fields by examining stereotype content.
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