Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité

Cross-cultural comparison of mental illness stigma and help-seeking attitudes: a multinational population-based study from 16 Arab countries and 10,036 individuals.

Fekih-Romdhane F, Jahrami H, Stambouli M, Alhuwailah A, Helmy M, Shuwiekh HAM, Lemine CMFM, Radwan E, Saquib J, Saquib N, Fawaz M, Zarrouq B, Naser AY, Obeid S, Hallit S, Saleh M, Haider S, Daher-Nashif S, Miloud L, Badrasawi M, Hamdan-Mansour A, Barbato M, Bakhiet A, Sayem N, Adawi S, Grein F, Cherif W, Chalghaf N, Husni M, Alrasheed MM, Cheour M

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol . 2023;58 (4) :641-656

📅 01/04/2023 PMID : 36583767 DOI : 10.1007/s00127-022-02403-x

Résumé

BACKGROUND: There is evidence that culture deeply affects beliefs about mental illnesses' causes, treatment, and help-seeking. We aimed to explore and compare knowledge, attitudes toward mental illness and help-seeking, causal attributions, and help-seeking recommendations for mental illnesses across various Arab countries and investigate factors related to attitudes toward help-seeking.METHODS: We carried out a multinational cross-sectional study using online self-administered surveys in the Arabic language from June to November 2021 across 16 Arab countries among participants from the general public.RESULTS: More than one in four individuals exhibited stigmatizing attitudes towards mental illness (26.5%), had poor knowledge (31.7%), and hold negative attitudes toward help-seeking (28.0%). ANOVA tests revealed a significant difference between countries regarding attitudes (F = 194.8, p