صحبت کردن در مورد داغ ننگ نسبت به متخصصان بهداشت روانی با کارآموزان روانپزشکی: یک رویکرد باشگاه فیلم

Psychiatry as a discipline is often perceived as ‘different’ by other medical professionals as much as by a common man. This perception of ‘difference’ may give rise to stigma both towards mental illness and to mental health professionals. Mental health professionals are thus both recipients of stigma and agents who can de-stigmatize psychiatry. A psychiatry movie club approach can be a very useful learning experience to understand various aspects of this stigmatization process. This paper presents a brief account of such an endeavour in which the film Gothika (2003) was used to help psychiatry trainees talk about their experiences with stigma towards mental illness as well as their profession.