Attitudes towards people with depre ssion in adolescents
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Psychiatry. Pathological psychiatry. Psychopathology. Phrenopathies. Psychoses. Mental abnormality. Morbid mental states. Behavioural and emotional disturbances (286)
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CHIHAI, Jana, EŞANU, Andrei, EŞANU, Diana. Attitudes towards people with depre ssion in adolescents. In: Buletin de Perinatologie, 2016, nr. 3(71), pp. 14-17. ISSN 1810-5289.
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Buletin de Perinatologie
Numărul 3(71) / 2016 / ISSN 1810-5289

Attitudes towards people with depre ssion in adolescents
CZU: 616.895-053.6

Pag. 14-17

Chihai Jana1, Eşanu Andrei2, Eşanu Diana2
 
1 Trimbos Moldova - organizația locală a Institutului de Sănătate Mintală și Adicții TRIMBOS din Olanda,
2 University of Porto
 
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Disponibil în IBN: 24 decembrie 2016


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Introduction: Depression is one of the most significant public health challenges because of its prevalence and impact on the population. Attitudes towards people with depression make it difficult to control the disease and its consequences, by conditioning the search for appropriate care and can contribute to the increase of depression and anxiety. Objective: To study attitudes towards people with depression in adolescents in Republic of Moldova. To compare the results from answers regarding their own attitude and answers regarding others attitude. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of 421 secondary school students in Moldova was held. Data were collected using an anonymous questionnaire that assessed individual and family characteristics of the participants. The attitudes towards people with depression was assessed using the scale - The Depression Stigma Scale (DSS), this scale contain 2 subscales – a) Individual Stigma and b) Perceived Stigma. The scores on the stigma scales were compared using student t test or ANOVA. Results: In relation to attitudes against people with depression, higher levels were found in Moldova comparing to other countries such as Australia, USA, were this tool was used. Data from Perceived Stigma subscale showed higher negative attitude comparing to Individual Stigma in Moldova [22.62 (5.15) vs 19.84 (4.78), p<0.001]. Conclusions: The results show that in Republic of Moldova there is negative attitude towards people with depression among adolescents this represent a barrier in seeking help journey of the adolescents that suffer from depression. Perceived stigma is higher than individual stigma in Moldova, this is showing that actually adolescents and people in general hide their true attitudes by giving social acceptable answers, but they express answers more honestly about the situation when the question is about others in society.

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attitude, depression, adolescents