S Koike1, S Yamaguchi2, Y Ojio3, K Ohta4, T Shimada1, K Watanabe1, G Thornicroft5, S Ando6. 1. Office for Mental Health Support, Division for Counseling and Support,The University of Tokyo,7-3-1 Hongo,Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo 113-8654,Japan. 2. Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation,National Institute of Mental Health,National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry,4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi,Kodaira,Tokyo 187-8553,Japan. 3. Department of Physical and Health Education,The University of Tokyo,7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo 113-0033,Japan. 4. University of Tokyo Institute for Diversity & Adaptation of Human Mind (UTIDAHM),Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902,Japan. 5. Health Service and Population Research Department,King's College London,Institute of Psychiatry,Psychology and Neuroscience,London SE5 8AF,UK. 6. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science,Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science,2-1-6 Kamikitazawa,Setagayaku,Tokyo 156-8506,Japan.
Abstract
AIMS: Public stigma alters attitudes towards people with mental illness, and is a particular concern for young people since most mental health problems occur in adolescence and young adulthood. However, little is known about the long-term effects of repeated filmed social contact (FSC) on reducing mental health-related stigma among young adults in the general population, compared with self-instructional Internet search (INS) and control interventions. METHODS: This study is a parallel-group randomised controlled trial over 12 months conducted in Tokyo, Japan. A total of 259 university students (male n = 150, mean age = 20.0 years, s.d. = 1.2) were recruited from 20 colleges and universities between November 2013 and July 2014, without being provided information about the mental health-related survey or trial. Participants were assigned to one of three groups before completion of the baseline survey (FSC/INS/control = 89/83/87). The FSC group received a computer-based 30-min social contact film with general mental health education and five follow-up web-based FSCs at 2-month intervals. The INS group undertook a 30-min search for mental health-related information with five follow-up web-based reminders for self-instructional searches at 2-month intervals. The control group played PC games and had no follow-up intervention. The main outcome measures were the future (intended behaviour) domain of the Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale at 12 months after the intervention. Analysis was conducted in September 2015. RESULTS: At the 12-month follow-up, 218 participants completed the survey (84.1%, 75:70:73). The FSC group showed the greatest change at the 12-month follow-up (FSC: mean change 2.11 [95% CI 1.49, 2.73], INS: 1.04 [0.29, 1.80], control: 0.71 [0.09, 1.33]; FSC v. INS p = 0.037, FSC v. controls p = 0.004). No adverse events were reported during the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS:FSC was more successful in reducing stigma at 12 months after intervention than INS or control interventions. FSC could be used to reduce stigma in educational lectures and anti-stigma campaigns targeted at young people. STUDY REGISTRATION: This study is registered at UMIN-CTR (No. UMIN000012239).
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AIMS: Public stigma alters attitudes towards people with mental illness, and is a particular concern for young people since most mental health problems occur in adolescence and young adulthood. However, little is known about the long-term effects of repeated filmed social contact (FSC) on reducing mental health-related stigma among young adults in the general population, compared with self-instructional Internet search (INS) and control interventions. METHODS: This study is a parallel-group randomised controlled trial over 12 months conducted in Tokyo, Japan. A total of 259 university students (male n = 150, mean age = 20.0 years, s.d. = 1.2) were recruited from 20 colleges and universities between November 2013 and July 2014, without being provided information about the mental health-related survey or trial. Participants were assigned to one of three groups before completion of the baseline survey (FSC/INS/control = 89/83/87). The FSC group received a computer-based 30-min social contact film with general mental health education and five follow-up web-based FSCs at 2-month intervals. The INS group undertook a 30-min search for mental health-related information with five follow-up web-based reminders for self-instructional searches at 2-month intervals. The control group played PC games and had no follow-up intervention. The main outcome measures were the future (intended behaviour) domain of the Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale at 12 months after the intervention. Analysis was conducted in September 2015. RESULTS: At the 12-month follow-up, 218 participants completed the survey (84.1%, 75:70:73). The FSC group showed the greatest change at the 12-month follow-up (FSC: mean change 2.11 [95% CI 1.49, 2.73], INS: 1.04 [0.29, 1.80], control: 0.71 [0.09, 1.33]; FSC v. INS p = 0.037, FSC v. controls p = 0.004). No adverse events were reported during the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS: FSC was more successful in reducing stigma at 12 months after intervention than INS or control interventions. FSC could be used to reduce stigma in educational lectures and anti-stigma campaigns targeted at young people. STUDY REGISTRATION: This study is registered at UMIN-CTR (No. UMIN000012239).
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Health education; mental health; social discrimination; stigma
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