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    <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">SM</journal-id>
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     <journal-title>Salud mental</journal-title>
     <abbrev-journal-title>sm</abbrev-journal-title>
    </journal-title-group>
    <issn pub-type="epub">0185-3325</issn>
    <publisher>
     <publisher-name>Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz</publisher-name>
    </publisher>
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    <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">SM4813</article-id>
    <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2018.031</article-id>
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     <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
      <subject>Original article</subject>
     </subj-group>
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    <title-group>
     <article-title>Stigma and perceived aggression towards schizophrenia in female students of medicine and psychology</article-title>
     <trans-title-group xml:lang="es">
      <trans-title>Estigma y percepci&oacute;n de agresi&oacute;n hacia la esquizofrenia en mujeres estudiantes de medicina y psicolog&iacute;a</trans-title>
     </trans-title-group>
     <alt-title alt-title-type="running-head">Stigma and perceived aggression towards schizophrenia in female students of medicine and psychology</alt-title>
    </title-group>
    <contrib-group>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name>
       <surname>Ana</surname>
       <given-names>Fresán</given-names>
      </name>
      <xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0001">1</xref>
     </contrib>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name>
       <surname>Rebeca</surname>
       <given-names>Robles-García</given-names>
      </name>
      <xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0002">2</xref>
     </contrib>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name>
       <surname>Nicolás</surname>
       <given-names>Martínez-López</given-names>
      </name>
      <xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0001">1</xref>
     </contrib>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name>
       <surname>Carlos Alfonso</surname>
       <given-names>Tovilla-Zárate</given-names>
      </name>
      <xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0003">3</xref>
     </contrib>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name>
       <surname>Eduardo</surname>
       <given-names>Madrigal</given-names>
      </name>
      <xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0004">4</xref>
     </contrib>
    </contrib-group>
    <aff id="AF0001">
     <label>1</label>
     Subdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de México, México.
    </aff>
    <aff id="AF0002">
     <label>2</label>
     Dirección de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas y Sociales, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de México, México.
    </aff>
    <aff id="AF0003">
     <label>3</label>
     División Académica Multidisciplinaria, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Comalcalco, Tabasco, México.
    </aff>
    <aff id="AF0004">
     <label>4</label>
     Dirección General, Servicios de Atención Psiquiátrica, Ciudad de México, México.
    </aff>
    <author-notes>
     <corresp id="cor1">
      Correspondence: Ana Fresán Laboratorio de Epidemiología Clínica, Subdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz. Calz. México-Xochimilco 101, Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco, Del. Tlalpan, C.P. 14370, Ciudad de México, México. Phone: (55) 4160 - 5069 Email: fresan@imp.edu.mx
      <email xlink:href="fresan@imp.edu.mx">fresan@imp.edu.mx</email>
     </corresp>
    </author-notes>
    <pub-date pub-type="epub-ppub">
     <month>10</month>
     <year>2018</year>
    </pub-date>
    <volume>41</volume>
    <issue>5</issue>
    <fpage>207</fpage>
    <lpage>212</lpage>
    <history>
     <date date-type="received">
      <day>05</day>
      <month>07</month>
      <year>2018</year>
     </date>
     <date date-type="accepted">
      <day>19</day>
      <month>09</month>
      <year>2018</year>
     </date>
     <date date-type="Publicado on-line">
      <day>25</day>
      <month>10</month>
      <year>2018</year>
     </date>
    </history>
    <permissions>
     <copyright-statement>© 2001-2015. Todos los Derechos Reservados a Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz</copyright-statement>
     <copyright-year>2018</copyright-year>
     <license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">
      <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (by-nc) Spain 3.0 License.</license-p>
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    <abstract xml:lang="en">Introduction. The main attitudes towards people with schizophrenia are fear and rejection, which derive from the idea that patients have no control over their behavior and that they are aggressive, violent, and/or dangerous. Several studies have shown that mental health professionals show negative attitudes towards patients with schizophrenia from the start of their professional training. Objective. To compare the stigmatizing attitudes and perception of aggression of female undergraduate students of medicine and psychology towards people with schizophrenia. Method. Fifty-seven (49.6%) undergraduate medical students and 58 (50.4%) psychology students in the early semesters of their professional training were included. Both groups answered the Opinion Scale on Mental Illness and the Public Concept of Aggressiveness Questionnaire (PCA). Results. Over 60% of the students from both degree courses considered that the individual with schizophrenia described in the vignette could be aggressive, with a higher percentage corresponding to female students enrolled in the medical degree program. In this group, more negative attitudes towards the disease were observed in terms of separatism, restriction, and stigmatization. Discussion and conclusion. It is essential to promote clear, objective information with a biopsychosocial approach to the disease in the syllabus in order to reduce or eliminate stigmatizing beliefs and attitudes regarding schizophrenia acquired prior to professional training.</abstract>
    <trans-abstract xml:lang="es">Introducci&oacute;n. Las principales actitudes hacia las personas con esquizofrenia son de temor y rechazo, las cuales surgen de la idea de que los pacientes no tienen control sobre su comportamiento y que son agresivos, violentos y/o peligrosos. Diversos estudios han se&ntilde;alado que los profesionales de la salud mental muestran actitudes negativas hacia los pacientes con esquizofrenia desde el inicio de su formaci&oacute;n profesional. Objetivo. Comparar las actitudes estigmatizadoras y la percepci&oacute;n de agresi&oacute;n de mujeres estudiantes de pregrado de medicina y de psicolog&iacute;a hacia las personas con esquizofrenia. M&eacute;todo. Se incluyeron 57 (49.6%) estudiantes de pregrado de medicina y 58 (50.4%) de psicolog&iacute;a que cursaban los primeros semestres de su formaci&oacute;n profesional. Ambos grupos contestaron la Escala de Opiniones sobre la Enfermedad Mental y el Cuestionario de Concepto P&uacute;blico de Agresividad (CPA). Resultados. M&aacute;s del 60% de las estudiantes de ambas carreras consideraron que el sujeto con esquizofrenia descrito en la vi&ntilde;eta podr&iacute;a ser agresivo. De &eacute;stas, el mayor porcentaje de alumnas pertenec&iacute;a a la carrera de medicina. De forma similar, en este grupo se observaron mayores actitudes negativas hacia la enfermedad en t&eacute;rminos de separatismo, restricci&oacute;n y estigmatizaci&oacute;n. Discusi&oacute;n y conclusi&oacute;n. Es necesario promover dentro del curr&iacute;culo acad&eacute;mico informaci&oacute;n clara y objetiva con un enfoque biopsicosocial de la enfermedad con la finalidad de reducir o eliminar las creencias y actitudes estigmatizadoras sobre la esquizofrenia adquiridas antes de la formaci&oacute;n profesional.</trans-abstract>
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     <kwd>Stigma</kwd>
     <kwd>schizophrenia</kwd>
     <kwd>medicine</kwd>
     <kwd>psychology</kwd>
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     <kwd>Estigma</kwd>
     <kwd>esquizofrenia</kwd>
     <kwd>psicología</kwd>
     <kwd>medicina</kwd>
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