Reducing public stigma towards psychosis: A conceptual framework for understanding the effects of social contact based brief video interventions

SE Jankowski, P Yanos, LB Dixon… - Schizophrenia …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Hypothesis Public stigma reduces treatment-seeking and
increases the duration of untreated psychosis among young people with psychosis. Social …

Reducing depression‐related stigma and increasing treatment seeking among adolescents: randomized controlled trial of a brief video intervention

D Amsalem, A Martin - Journal of Child Psychology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Confronting stigma early in life could enhance receptivity to seeking treatment.
We evaluated the efficacy of social contact interventions to reduce stigma toward depression …

“It is hard to be a woman with schizophrenia”: randomized controlled trial of a brief video intervention to reduce public stigma in young adults

D Amsalem, SE Jankowski, S Pagdon… - The Journal of …, 2022 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: Women with schizophrenia encounter specific gender-related stressors that may
affect their recovery process. They are more susceptible to victimization and tend to …

Effect of a brief social contact video on transphobia and depression-related stigma among adolescents: a randomized clinical trial

D Amsalem, J Halloran, B Penque… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Transphobia and stigma remain barriers to seeking mental health care for
gender-diverse adolescents. Objective To examine the utility of brief social contact–based …

[HTML][HTML] A Review on Mental Illness and Stigma

NZ Çilek, C Akkaya - Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
The concept of stigma is a universal problem that has been the subject of many studies. The
phenomenon of stigmatization in psychiatric disorders is also an issue that should be …

Selfie videos to reduce stigma and increase treatment seeking among youths: Two noninferiority randomized controlled trials

D Amsalem, SE Jankowski, S Pagdon… - Psychiatric …, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Confronting stigma early in life could enhance treatment seeking. In two
randomized controlled trials (RCTs), one focused on psychosis and the other on adolescent …

Have attitudes toward epilepsy improved in Germany over the last 50 years?

R Thorbecke, M Pfäfflin, CG Bien, HM Hamer… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective In Germany, six previous representative surveys on attitudes toward
epilepsy (AE) have been conducted between 1967 and 2008 using the four original …

Reducing public stigma toward individuals with psychosis across race and gender: a randomized controlled trial of young adults

D Amsalem, L Valeri, SE Jankowski, LH Yang… - Schizophrenia …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Social contact-based interventions effectively reduce stigma toward psychosis.
We recently demonstrated the efficacy of a 90-second video intervention in reducing stigma …

[PDF][PDF] Effectiveness of a video-based intervention on reducing perceptions of fear, loneliness, and public stigma related to COVID-19: a randomized controlled trial

L Valeri, D Amsalem, S Jankowski… - International journal of …, 2021 - ssph-journal.org
Objectives: During the first peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, we
investigated the impact of digital interventions to reduce COVID-19 related fear, loneliness …

Self-stigma among people with serious mental illnesses: The use of focus groups to inform the development of a brief video intervention.

D Amsalem, RT Rogers, TS Stroup… - Psychiatric …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: People with mental illnesses may avoid or delay treatment due to a fear of
labeling and discrimination, a phenomenon known as self-stigma. Self-stigma is a major …