Higher mental illness-related stigma after receiving mental health service among adolescents and youth with depressive symptoms in Chongqing, China
These findings indicate that a substantial treatment gap for depressive symptoms persists among adolescents and students in Chongqing, China. Notably, among female students, mental health service use in the past 12 months was associated with heightened mental illness-related stigma. This underscores the need for interventions that specifically address stigma in the context of mental health service use.
Authors
- Na Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0805-1680)
- Hong Jin
- Yu Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8894-6033)
- Jawad Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2895-2631)
- Yan Wen
- Yihao Liu
- Yao Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0194-8253)
- Mao-Sheng Ran
- Lie Zhou
- Michelle Yu-Xin Ran
- Jia Cai
- Jian-Jun Luo
- Cong Wang
Institutions
- Sichuan University (CN)
- The Fourth People's Hospital (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- Chongqing City Mental Health Center (CN)
- Fourth People's Hospital of Sichuan Province (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1725567
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- West China Hospital, Sichuan University