Thi Minh Tam Ta1, Kerem Böge2, Tien Duc Cao3, Georg Schomerus4, Tat Dinh Nguyen3, Michael Dettling2, Aditya Mungee2, Lara Kim Martensen2, Albert Diefenbacher5, Matthias C Angermeyer6, Eric Hahn7. 1. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: thi-minh-tam.ta@charite.de. 2. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany. 3. Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Hospital 103, Military Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Germany. 5. Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic, Evang. Hospital Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany. 6. Center for Public Mental Health, Untere Zeile 13, A-3482 Gösing am Wagram, Austria. 7. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic, Evang. Hospital Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Mental health associated stigmatization remains problematic in low and middle-income countries, thus preventing patients from adequate access to psychiatric care. Public attitudes towards psychiatrists have not been examined in many countries, especially not in Vietnam where merely one psychiatrist per 300.000 population is available. The study aims to explore attitudes towards psychiatrists in the Hanoi municipality and to identify socio-demographical factors that influence these attitudes. METHODS: Between April and August 2013, a general population-based survey was carried out in the greater Hanoi area, Vietnam. The sample of 817 participants was stratified according to the latest Vietnamese census (2009) and micro-census (2013) with regards to socio-demographic factors. Multivariate analyses were conducted to determine the influence of these factors on attitudes towards psychiatrists. RESULTS: Gender and religious beliefs significantly influenced public attitudes towards psychiatrists. Male participants reported significantly more negative perception towards psychiatrists compared to female respondents. Participants following a religion reported significantly more negative attitudes toward psychiatrists than those without self-reported religious attainment. CONCLUSIONS: Negative attitudes towards psychiatrists are associated with religious beliefs and gender affiliation in the greater Hanoi area. A strategy that involves religious institutions in raising awareness about mental health issues while considering public's socio-cultural attitudes may pave the way for greater potentialities of adequate psychiatric care, destigmatize the mental health system, and care provider.
OBJECTIVES: Mental health associated stigmatization remains problematic in low and middle-income countries, thus preventing patients from adequate access to psychiatric care. Public attitudes towards psychiatrists have not been examined in many countries, especially not in Vietnam where merely one psychiatrist per 300.000 population is available. The study aims to explore attitudes towards psychiatrists in the Hanoi municipality and to identify socio-demographical factors that influence these attitudes. METHODS: Between April and August 2013, a general population-based survey was carried out in the greater Hanoi area, Vietnam. The sample of 817 participants was stratified according to the latest Vietnamese census (2009) and micro-census (2013) with regards to socio-demographic factors. Multivariate analyses were conducted to determine the influence of these factors on attitudes towards psychiatrists. RESULTS: Gender and religious beliefs significantly influenced public attitudes towards psychiatrists. Male participants reported significantly more negative perception towards psychiatrists compared to female respondents. Participants following a religion reported significantly more negative attitudes toward psychiatrists than those without self-reported religious attainment. CONCLUSIONS: Negative attitudes towards psychiatrists are associated with religious beliefs and gender affiliation in the greater Hanoi area. A strategy that involves religious institutions in raising awareness about mental health issues while considering public's socio-cultural attitudes may pave the way for greater potentialities of adequate psychiatric care, destigmatize the mental health system, and care provider.
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