Challenging mental health related stigma in China: Systematic review and meta-analysis. II. Interventions among people with mental illness
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Contributors
Abstract
People with mental illness often face different types of mental illness stigma that may affect their lives, including perceived stigma, self-stigma, harmful coping strategies and poor quality of life. Although anti-stigma interventions for people with mental illness from Western countries have been identified by recent systematic reviews, their efficacy in China is unknown. This review evaluates the efficacy of anti-stigma interventions among people with mental illness in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. A systematic search of 8 electronic databases in English and Chinese yielded 17 randomized and non-randomized controlled trials. Standardized mean differences (SMDs) were calculated wherever possible. Psychoeducation was the most commonly used intervention. SMDs were large and significant for perceived/experienced/anticipated stigma, self-prejudice and coping with stigma, as well as for depression and anxiety symptoms and quality of life. Both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychoeducation had positive effects on perceived/experienced/anticipated stigma. The quality of studies was modest and heterogeneity across studies was high. Anti-stigma interventions demonstrated promise to reduce stigma's negative impact on people with mental illness in China, but more high-quality intervention research is needed.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 457-464 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Psychiatry research |
Volume | 255 |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2017 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Externally published | Yes |
External IDs
PubMed | 28780128 |
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ORCID | /0000-0001-7018-6021/work/168207877 |
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Keywords
- Chinese people, Interventions, Perceived stigma, Self-stigma, Systematic review