Destigmatising mental health treatment and increasing openness to seeking treatment: randomised controlled trial of brief video interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite an elevated risk of psychopathology stemming from COVID-19-related stress, many essential workers stigmatise and avoid psychiatric care. This randomised controlled trial was designed to compare five versions of a social-contact-based brief video intervention for essential workers, differing by protagonist gender and race/ethnicity.

Aims

We examined intervention efficacy on treatment-related stigma ('stigma') and openness to seeking treatment ('openness'), especially among workers who had not received prior mental healthcare. We assessed effectiveness and whether viewer/protagonist demographic concordance heightened effectiveness.

Method

Essential workers (N = 2734) randomly viewed a control video or brief video of an actor portraying an essen

SUBMITTER: Amsalem D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9534926 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature