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Change in Mental Health Stigma After a Brief Intervention Among Internally Displaced Persons in Central Sudan

Abstract

Stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness is a worldwide phenomenon, This Longitudinal study aimed to determine the level of stigma, among the internal displaced persons in central Sudan and explore possible changes in stigma associated with an intervention. 1549 persons were interviewed using standardized stigma attitude tools. The study reveled high level of stigma among our respondents and there was no significant difference in attitudes towards mental illness observed after the intervention. The intervention was not associated with change in stigma. However, the findings can inform policy to create sustainable national mental health strategies to address the stigma.
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Zienat Balla Mohamed Ahmed Sanhori
  • Arne Henning Eide
  • Touraj Ayazi
  • Ibrahimu Mdala
  • Lars Lien

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Digital / Health Research
  • University of Oslo
  • Innlandet Hospital Trust
  • University of Inland Norway
  • Federal Ministry of Health

Year

2019

Published in

Community mental health journal

ISSN

0010-3853

Volume

55

Issue

3

Page(s)

534 - 541

View this publication at Norwegian Research Information Repository