Mental illness stigma among perinatal women in low- and middle-income countries: early career psychiatrists' perspective

Arpana Pokharel; Sharad Philip; Murchana Khound; Samer El Hayek; Renato de Filippis; Ramdas Ransing; Mohsen Heidari Mokarar; Maryam Orooji; Mohammadreza Shalbafan

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1283715

Mental illness stigma among perinatal women in low- and middle-income countries: early career psychiatrists' perspective

Front Psychiatry. 2023 Dec 5:14:1283715. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1283715. eCollection 2023.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Neurosciences, and Addiction Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati, India.
² Department of Psychiatry, Devdaha Medical College, Butwal, Nepal.
³ Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati, India.
⁴ Medical Department, Erada Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
⁵ Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry, Imam Hossein Hospital, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
⁸ Mental Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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Keywords: mental disorders; mental health; perinatal care; psychiatry; social stigma.

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was a part of DST-India International research Fellowship program (INSA/DST-ISRF/2023/NEP/1/13) funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.