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Volume 8 Pediatrics & Therapeutics
ISSN: 2161-0665 Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology 2018
March 21-22, 2018
16th Annual World Congress on
3rd Annual World Congress on
March 21-22, 2018 | New York, USA
PEDIATRICS
PEDIATRIC NUTRITION,
GASTROENTEROLOGY & CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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Addressing stigma on the child and adolescent psychiatry consultation service through use of video
Rachel Talbot and Nasuh Malas
University of Michigan, USA
S tigma in child and adolescent psychiatry continues to be a significant barrier for youth to receive much needed psychiatric
care. Parents misperceptions regarding mental health may interfere with their child’s care and negatively influence their
child’s view of mental health. For some children, their first experience with psychiatry may occur during medical hospitalization
when they are seen by the Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison (C/L) Service. Despite this unique role, there is limited data on
how to address mental health stigma with patients and families within the context of child and adolescent C/L psychiatry. This
study explores the use of a brief introductory video with messages from the psychiatry C/L team, families who have accessed
mental health consultation in the hospital, as well as clips of family and C/L team interactions to address parental stigma of
psychiatry. Common stigmatized concerns shared by parents include concerns about confidentiality, later ramifications of
mental healthcare, outsider status, and parental self-blame. There are also stigmatized concerns about psychiatric medication
use including overmedication, sedation, long-term effects, medicating “real problems” and personality blunting. Each of these
are addressed during the video parents will see with the intent of reducing negative parental perceptions relating to mental
healthcare. For this study, families are given a survey highlighting these concerns, prior to and after watching the video. Pre-and
post-video responses are compared with the hypothesis that watching the video will effectively reduce parental stigma about
psychiatric care. Data collection is currently underway and will be completed by the end of November 2017 with data analysis
completed by January 2018. This study will also give vital information about the demographic differences in perceptions of
stigma so future interventions can be targeted towards those with higher perceived stigma. This study posits that use of an
introductory video is an effective strategy to combat stigma and help educate and empower families. In this way, we will be
reducing further barriers for patients and families to seek out mental health resources and supports that are often desperately
needed for these youths.
Biography
Rachel Talbot has graduated from Ross University School of Medicine in 2013. She has completed her Psychiatry Internship and Residency at Wright State Uni-
versity in Dayton, Ohio. She is currently a second year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, PGY-5, at Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor, MI.
Rachel Talbot et al., Pediatr Ther 2018, Volume: 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0665-C1-049