Clergy's Viewpoint Change Toward Mental Health and Stigma on Mental Illness: A Short Course Training
BackgroundAs stigma is one of the main barriers in promoting the mental health, the present study was designed with the purpose of reviewing clergy's viewpoint regarding the effect of mental health workshops on these barriers.MethodsFor this study, by order of Iran's Health Ministry, a que...
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| author | Arsia Taghva Ahmad Ali Noorbala Mojgan Khademi Alireza Shahriari Mahdi Nasr Esfahani Ali Asadi Jafar Mohsenifar Ali Yousefifard Moussa Abolhassani Jafar Bolhari Ahmad Hajebi Amir Mohsen Rahnejat Haleh Shahed-haghghadam |
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| description | BackgroundAs stigma is one of the main barriers in promoting the mental health, the present study was designed with the purpose of reviewing clergy's viewpoint regarding the effect of mental health workshops on these barriers.MethodsFor this study, by order of Iran's Health Ministry, a questionnaire was designed to examine the clergy's viewpoint related to mental illnesses and the consequent stigma. Ten faculty members and psychiatrists confirmed the questionnaire's validity after some modifications. In this research, 30 members of the clergy from the main religious city in Iran's “Qom” Seminary attended the training workshops for 2 days. The data obtained from the clergy's responses were analyzed using the SPSS software (ver.16) and descriptive and analytical tests. Also, the significance level was considered p < 0.05 in all tests. The results exhibited that the mean and standard deviation (Mean ± SD) of the clergy's attitude domain and awareness before the workshop was 1.90 ± 26.30 and 8.31 ± 1.64, respectively. Also, average and standard deviation (Mean ± SD) of their attitude domain and awareness after the workshop was 1.95 ± 29.73 and 1.18 ± 10.70, respectively.DiscussionThe present study, which was designed to examine the clergy's viewpoint toward mental illnesses and the consequent stigma in the most considerable religious base in the country, illustrated that one strategy for reducing mental illness stigma in religious communities can be by holding training sessions to promote the clergy's awareness of and attitude toward mental health.ConclusionThere was a significant statistical difference between their awareness and attitude scores before and after the workshop (p < 0.01). In the present research, the awareness and attitude of clergy toward mental health and stigma due to mental illness was relatively good and significantly increased by holding the workshop. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-676b2430239c4546a2c2730124196ada2022-12-21T23:14:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-04-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.864806864806Clergy's Viewpoint Change Toward Mental Health and Stigma on Mental Illness: A Short Course TrainingArsia Taghva0Ahmad Ali Noorbala1Mojgan Khademi2Alireza Shahriari3Mahdi Nasr Esfahani4Ali Asadi5Jafar Mohsenifar6Ali Yousefifard7Moussa Abolhassani8Jafar Bolhari9Ahmad Hajebi10Amir Mohsen Rahnejat11Haleh Shahed-haghghadam12Department of Psychiatry, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDivision of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Psychiatry, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDeputy Mental Health Office, Social Addiction Ministry of Health, Tehran, IranDepartment of Psychology, Disaster and Trauma Research Center, 505 Hospital, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCenter for Services of Islamic Seminaries, Qom, IranDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran0Department of Psychiatry, Spiritual Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran1Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Research Center for Addiction and Risky Behaviors, Social Injury Prevention Research Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran2Department of Clinical Psychology, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran3Department of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, IranBackgroundAs stigma is one of the main barriers in promoting the mental health, the present study was designed with the purpose of reviewing clergy's viewpoint regarding the effect of mental health workshops on these barriers.MethodsFor this study, by order of Iran's Health Ministry, a questionnaire was designed to examine the clergy's viewpoint related to mental illnesses and the consequent stigma. Ten faculty members and psychiatrists confirmed the questionnaire's validity after some modifications. In this research, 30 members of the clergy from the main religious city in Iran's “Qom” Seminary attended the training workshops for 2 days. The data obtained from the clergy's responses were analyzed using the SPSS software (ver.16) and descriptive and analytical tests. Also, the significance level was considered p < 0.05 in all tests. The results exhibited that the mean and standard deviation (Mean ± SD) of the clergy's attitude domain and awareness before the workshop was 1.90 ± 26.30 and 8.31 ± 1.64, respectively. Also, average and standard deviation (Mean ± SD) of their attitude domain and awareness after the workshop was 1.95 ± 29.73 and 1.18 ± 10.70, respectively.DiscussionThe present study, which was designed to examine the clergy's viewpoint toward mental illnesses and the consequent stigma in the most considerable religious base in the country, illustrated that one strategy for reducing mental illness stigma in religious communities can be by holding training sessions to promote the clergy's awareness of and attitude toward mental health.ConclusionThere was a significant statistical difference between their awareness and attitude scores before and after the workshop (p < 0.01). In the present research, the awareness and attitude of clergy toward mental health and stigma due to mental illness was relatively good and significantly increased by holding the workshop.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.864806/fullclergystigmaattitudemental healthmental illness |
| spellingShingle | Arsia Taghva Ahmad Ali Noorbala Mojgan Khademi Alireza Shahriari Mahdi Nasr Esfahani Ali Asadi Jafar Mohsenifar Ali Yousefifard Moussa Abolhassani Jafar Bolhari Ahmad Hajebi Amir Mohsen Rahnejat Haleh Shahed-haghghadam Clergy's Viewpoint Change Toward Mental Health and Stigma on Mental Illness: A Short Course Training Frontiers in Psychiatry clergy stigma attitude mental health mental illness |
| title | Clergy's Viewpoint Change Toward Mental Health and Stigma on Mental Illness: A Short Course Training |
| title_full | Clergy's Viewpoint Change Toward Mental Health and Stigma on Mental Illness: A Short Course Training |
| title_fullStr | Clergy's Viewpoint Change Toward Mental Health and Stigma on Mental Illness: A Short Course Training |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clergy's Viewpoint Change Toward Mental Health and Stigma on Mental Illness: A Short Course Training |
| title_short | Clergy's Viewpoint Change Toward Mental Health and Stigma on Mental Illness: A Short Course Training |
| title_sort | clergy s viewpoint change toward mental health and stigma on mental illness a short course training |
| topic | clergy stigma attitude mental health mental illness |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.864806/full |
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