Stigma towards mental illness and substance use issues in primary health care: Challenges and opportunities for Latin America.
Glob Public Health
; 13(10): 1468-1480, 2018 10.
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Stigma towards mental illness and addictive disorders is a global problem and one of the main obstacles in tackling this issue remains the effective integration of mental health services into primary health care (PHC). In Latin America, information has significantly increased on the existence of stigma; however, little is known about effective interventions to prevent stigma and promote recovery-oriented practices in PHC. The aim of this study is to understand the existing evidence regarding mental health stigma in PHC with a special focus on the Latin American region. A scoping review of the literature related to mental health stigma in PHC was conducted. Two hundred and seventeen articles were evaluated; 74 met inclusion criteria and 14 additional articles were selected from references of search results. Results were subdivided into five different perspectives: users, family members and significant others, health professionals, contextual factors, and potential effective interventions. Only nine studies were based in Latin America, and only one described an intervention to reduce stigma in mental health services, not specifically in PHC. We found an urgent need to develop interventions to understand and reduce stigma in PHC settings, especially in Latin America.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção Primária à Saúde
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias
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Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes
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Estigma Social
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Glob Public Health
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Chile