2024
Blueprint for destigmatizing depression and increasing openness to treatment among adolescents using brief social contact-based videos: a qualitative study
DiGiovanni M, Jankowski S, Dixon L, Martin A, Amsalem D. Blueprint for destigmatizing depression and increasing openness to treatment among adolescents using brief social contact-based videos: a qualitative study. Frontiers In Child And Adolescent Psychiatry 2024, 3: 1386284. DOI: 10.3389/frcha.2024.1386284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHelp-seekingDestigmatize depressionVideo interventionSocial contact-based video interventionSocial contact-based videosIncrease help-seeking behaviorOpenness to treatmentClinical research registrySchool-based interventionsHelp-seeking behaviorSemi-structured interviewsDepression stigmaMental healthcarePublic health concernSystemic barriersPeer stigmaThematic analysisResearch RegistryQualitative studyUnmet needsStigmaHealth concernAdolescents' perspectivesInterventionDepression
2023
Stigma Reduction Via Brief Video Interventions: Comparing Presentations by an Actor Versus a Person With Lived Experience
Amsalem D, Jankowski S, Pagdon S, Markowitz J, Martin A, Dixon L. Stigma Reduction Via Brief Video Interventions: Comparing Presentations by an Actor Versus a Person With Lived Experience. Psychiatric Services 2023, 75: 485-488. PMID: 38088037, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntervention groupMental illnessReduce mental health-related stigmaMental health-related stigmaExperience of mental illnessHealth-related stigmaDomains of stigmaFocus groups of individualsStigma scoresPersonal recoveryVideo interventionFocus groupsStigmaInterventionLived experienceGroup of individualsFollow-upIllnessControl groupPersonal storiesPostinterventionComparative presentationPersonsNoninferiority analysisGroup
2022
Selfie Videos to Reduce Stigma and Increase Treatment Seeking Among Youths: Two Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trials
Amsalem D, Jankowski SE, Pagdon S, Valeri L, Yang LH, Markowitz JC, Neria Y, Pescosolido BA, Dixon LB, Martin A. Selfie Videos to Reduce Stigma and Increase Treatment Seeking Among Youths: Two Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trials. Psychiatric Services 2022, 74: 229-236. PMID: 36254455, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20220168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-seeking intentionsControl conditionBrief videoD effect sizesIntervention videoYoung adultsIllness-related stigmaMental health stigmaAdolescent depressionCohen's d effect sizesHealth stigmaStudy 2Study 1Treatment engagementThemes of recoveryAdolescentsEffect sizeShort videosRepeated-measures analysisStigmaIntentionSimilar efficacyAdultsVideoSocial media influencersEffect of a Brief Social Contact Video on Transphobia and Depression-Related Stigma Among Adolescents
Amsalem D, Halloran J, Penque B, Celentano J, Martin A. Effect of a Brief Social Contact Video on Transphobia and Depression-Related Stigma Among Adolescents. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e220376. PMID: 35212749, PMCID: PMC8881766, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-seeking intentionsDepression-related stigmaAdolescent boysAdolescent girlsGender diverse adolescentsTransgender youthStraight participantsValidity testPostintervention assessmentsAdolescentsCisgender participantsHeterosexual participantsVideo interventionIntervention effectsMental health careStigma scale scoreWomen ScaleParticipantsYouthTransphobiaEmpathetic insightIntentionStigmaDepressionPersonal stories
2020
Reducing Stigma Toward Psychiatry Among Medical Students: A Multicenter Controlled Trial.
Amsalem D, Gothelf D, Dorman A, Goren Y, Tene O, Shelef A, Horowitz I, Dunsky LL, Rogev E, Klein EH, Mekori-Domachevsky E, Fischel T, Levkovitz Y, Martin A, Gross R. Reducing Stigma Toward Psychiatry Among Medical Students: A Multicenter Controlled Trial. The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders 2020, 22 PMID: 32135042, DOI: 10.4088/pcc.19m02527.Peer-Reviewed Original Research