Stigmatising Attitudes Towards Mental Health Conditions Among Medical Students In Five South-Eastern European Countries

Abstract

Stigmatising attitudes towards mentally ill people are present among healthcare professionals. The aim of the study was to evaluate medical students' attitudes in five medical schools from Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania and Serbia and to determine if psychiatry clerkship improves these attitudes.

Keywords

• stigmatisation
• medical students
• mental disorders
• psychiatry
• mental health
• stigmatizacija
• študenti medicine
• duševne motnje
• psihiatrija
• duševno zdravje