PAFMG Psychiatry for Primary Care Providers

Mental Health Stigma

Whitney Landa

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Reference citations for episode:

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Lebowitz MS, Appelbaum PS. Biomedical Explanations of Psychopathology and Their Implications for Attitudes and Beliefs About Mental Disorders. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2019 May 7;15:555-577. doi: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050718-095416. Epub 2018 Nov 16. PMID: 30444641; PMCID: PMC6506347.

Gold KJ, Andrew LB, Goldman EB, et al.: "I would never want to have a mental health diagnosis on my record": a survey of female physicians on mental health diagnosis, treatment, and reporting. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2016; 43:51–7 Crossref, Google Scholar

Mehta SS, Edwards ML. Suffering in silence: Mental health stigma and physicians’ licensing fears. Am J Psychiatry Residents’ J. 2018;13:2–4.

Brower, Kirk J. MD Professional Stigma of Mental Health Issues: Physicians Are Both the Cause and Solution, Academic Medicine: May 2021 - Volume 96 - Issue 5 - p 635-640
doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003998 

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