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The stigma associatedwith mental illness (MI) is a major barrier to accessing treatment and can be linked to poorer quality care in health systems. The National Continuing Care Network (NNICC) provides integrated continuing care for people who, regardless of age, are in a situation of dependency, through the intervention of a multidisciplinar team. To describe the levels of stigma and discrimination against people with MI among porfessionals working in the general Integrated Continuing Care Units (ICCU). This is a quantitative, observational, analytical and cross-sectional study with a sample of 163 participants. A sociodemographic questionnaire and two standardised assessment instruments were apllied, the Attribution Questionnaire (AQ-27) and the Community Attitudes Toward Mental Illness (CAMI). In the AQ-27 it was possible to see that the male gender shows greater stigma and discrimination then the female gender, with the latter showing more helpful attitudes toward people with MI (p=0.188). The Algarve region stands out as the most stigmatising according to the CAMI instrument (p=0.816). In addition, more years of professional experience i salso associated with more stigmatising attitudes (p=0.111). ICCT professionals had worse results (p=0.701). Speech therapists and medical assitants are the professionals with the most stigma. On the other hand, psychologists stand out (p=0,023). Not having a relative with MI has been shown to have na impact on the presence of stigma and discrimination (p=0.280). There are low levels of stigma towards people with MI among in the general ICCU professionals.
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Mental illness Stigma ICCU professionals Health services Treatment