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A population study of public stigma about psychosis and its contributing factors among Chinese population in Hong Kong

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  • Sherry Kit Wa Chan
  • Wendy Wan Yee Tam
  • Kit Wai Lee
  • Christy Lai Ming Hui
  • Wing Chung Chang
  • Edwin Ho Ming Lee
  • Eric Yu Hai Chen

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Purpose: Public stigma is an important barrier to the recovery of patients with psychosis. This study aimed to explore public stigma associated with a newly adopted Chinese name for psychosis ‘si-jue-shi-tiao’ in a representative Chinese population in Hong Kong, focusing on factors contributing to public stigma. Exposure to mass media and its relationship with the stigma were explored in detail. Methods: Random telephone survey of general population in Hong Kong was conducted. Information including basic demographics, psychosis literacy, recent news recall about psychosis and stigma, measured with the revised Link’s Perceived Discrimination-Devaluation Scale (LPDDS) were obtained. Univariate analysis of LPDDS score and demographic variables, news exposure, previous contacts with people with psychosis and knowledge about psychosis were conducted. Further hierarchical regression analysis was performed. Results: A total of 1,016 subjects were interviewed. The sample was comparable with the whole Hong Kong population aged 18 years and above. Those of female gender, with higher educational level and better knowledge about symptoms and treatment of psychosis had higher score of LPDDS. The model significantly explained 8.3% of variance of LPDDS score ( F (7, 895) = 12.606, p  

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  • Sherry Kit Wa Chan & Wendy Wan Yee Tam & Kit Wai Lee & Christy Lai Ming Hui & Wing Chung Chang & Edwin Ho Ming Lee & Eric Yu Hai Chen, 2016. "A population study of public stigma about psychosis and its contributing factors among Chinese population in Hong Kong," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 62(3), pages 205-213, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:62:y:2016:i:3:p:205-213
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764015621941
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