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Global Health Economics and
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Reducing public stigma related to psychosis

multilevel intervention, especially in collectivistic cultures. the participants, and their personal data were securely
Furthermore, implementing such interventions at an discarded following their participation in the study. Thus,
organizational level within mental health services might no individually identifiable data were utilized in this
be beneficial for individuals receiving multidisciplinary publication.
support (Mankiewicz & Tan, 2024).
Availability of data
5. Conclusion
In accordance with the received ethical approval, the
Our study showed that a brief, structured, digitalized, de-identified and anonymized data pertinent to this
single-session cognitive behavioral psychoeducational study are being stored securely at the NUS for duration of
intervention delivered individually can effectively reduce 10 years following the conclusion of the study. However,
public stigma related to psychosis, as indicated by significant it will be made available to other researchers upon a
decreases in several components post-intervention. reasonable request from the corresponding author.
However, the lack of sustained effects at follow-up suggests
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Project administration: All authors of schizophrenia and its impact on discrimination against
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