title: Computer intervention to decrease level of psychiatric stigma among medical students.
abstract: We designed our pilot study to investigate the effectiveness of computer-assisted anti-stigma interventions among medical students. Convenience sample of 51 consecutive students was evaluated before and after using the Anti-Stigma CO-ED system. After studying the computer program the level of stigma in the group significantly decreased (p<0.02). We concluded that computer-assisted education could be effective in reducing psychiatric stigma among medical students.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, UDA.
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lapshin
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wasserman
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013240:Stereotyping; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*