Stigma in context of professional psychological help seeking
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2011-01-24
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย
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Objective The purpose of this article was to review existing literature in topic abouteffects of stigma on psychological help seeking in mental health context by examining structureand effects of each type of stigma in causal relationship and also explore the way to mitigatestigma.Materials and methods Articles was obtained by searching through databases forexample PSYCInfo, Scopus, ProQuest and department of mental health database where keywordsare çstigma,é çstigmatized,é and çstigma of seeking help.éResults Stigma as a barrier to help seeking was an issue of interest in Thailandas can be seen from some published articles, however there were still lack of an empiricalresearch. After a thorough review articles, we found that there were 3 different types ofstigma i.e., public stigma, personal stigma, and self-stigma. Each type had unique effecton psychological help seeking. This article also summaried ways to reduce stigma of seekingpsychological help.Conclusion Stigma of seeking help was one of the factors that make people donot seek psychological help. Stigma of seeking help comprised of 3 types which had aneffect on both attitude and intention to seek help. There were three ways to mitigate effectsof stigma on psychological help seeking which include education, contact, and protest.Key words : stigma, psychological help
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย; Volume 19 Number 1 January 2011; 66-74