Publications by authors named "Cao Tien Duc"
Article Synopsis
- Public stigma surrounding psychiatric disorders affects treatment, leading to poorer outcomes, particularly evident in how people perceive schizophrenia and depression in Vietnam.
- A survey conducted in 2013 with 771 participants revealed that 85% identified a person with schizophrenia as mentally ill, compared to only 60% for depression; this stigma was linked to a greater desire for social distance from those with schizophrenia.
- Prognostic expectations negatively influenced attitudes toward social distance, with negative perceptions about schizophrenia increasing distance desires, while positive views of depression reduced them; this highlights the need for strategies promoting social integration and autonomy for those with mental illnesses.
Background: In Vietnam, the mental health care infrastructure is on the verge of transformation with an increase in the demand for access to adequate and effective mental health care services. Public attitudes towards mental illness, as well as corresponding treatment options influence help-seeking behaviors of patients and caregivers, affecting the course of their treatment. This study assesses attitudes towards treatment options for depression and schizophrenia, as the two most common psychiatric disorders in Vietnam, accounting for at least 75% of all psychiatric inpatients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn Vietnam, stigmatisation and discrimination of patients with mental illness are highly prevalent. This study explores whether the perception of course of illness of people with symptoms indicating schizophrenia is associated with the desire for social distance in the Vietnamese public. A population-based survey (n = 455) using unlabelled vignettes for schizophrenia was carried out in the Hanoi municipality in 2013.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the need to protect human rights in psychiatry. Within the last years, considerable effort has been made to reduce restrictive measures in mental health settings. Reducing restrictive measures within mental health care has also moved increasingly into the focus of public debate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Mental health associated stigmatization remains problematic in low and middle-income countries, thus preventing patients from adequate access to psychiatric care. Public attitudes towards psychiatrists have not been examined in many countries, especially not in Vietnam where merely one psychiatrist per 300.000 population is available.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: To examine, for the first time in Vietnam, whether urbanity of respondents among other socio-demographic factors affects the public perception of stigma attached to persons with mental illness in Hanoi.
Methods: A general population-based survey was carried out in 2013 in the greater Hanoi area. The perception of stigma attached to people with mental illness was elicited using Link's perceived discrimination and devaluation scale (PDDS) carried out in Vietnamese language.