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Medical Students' Perceived Stigma in Seeking Care: A Cultural Perspective

Medical Students' Perceived Stigma in Seeking Care: A Cultural Perspective

Virginia Joseph, Jozelle M. Miller
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781522528111|ISBN10: 1522528113|EISBN13: 9781522528128
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2811-1.ch002
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Joseph, Virginia, and Jozelle M. Miller. "Medical Students' Perceived Stigma in Seeking Care: A Cultural Perspective." Exploring the Pressures of Medical Education From a Mental Health and Wellness Perspective, edited by Christina Ramirez Smith, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 44-67. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2811-1.ch002

APA

Joseph, V. & Miller, J. M. (2018). Medical Students' Perceived Stigma in Seeking Care: A Cultural Perspective. In C. Smith (Ed.), Exploring the Pressures of Medical Education From a Mental Health and Wellness Perspective (pp. 44-67). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2811-1.ch002

Chicago

Joseph, Virginia, and Jozelle M. Miller. "Medical Students' Perceived Stigma in Seeking Care: A Cultural Perspective." In Exploring the Pressures of Medical Education From a Mental Health and Wellness Perspective, edited by Christina Ramirez Smith, 44-67. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2811-1.ch002

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the stigma and the barriers, which hinder medical students from seeking help for both physical and mental health conditions. Stigma will also be explored from a cultural perspective; the authors will demonstrate how it is embedded in help seeking behaviour. The authors will explore the existing literature to highlight these issues, and demonstrate how negative help seeking behaviour contributes to the poor academic performance of the students, as well produces chronic mental and physical health conditions. Solutions and interventions to address this perceived stigma will also be discussed. The authors will emphasise the importance of educators and staff of medical schools taking a more proactive role, in providing the necessary environment to facilitate such change in behaviour, by implementing some of these interventions.

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