Help or Handicap? Education about Mental Illness May Exacerbate Stigma

157 students with different cultural backgrounds were recruited to participate in a vignette experiment assessing efforts to alleviate stigmatization of the Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Significant interaction effect was found between cultural groups and experimental assignment [F=3.614, p=0.029], suggesting the importance of cultural sensitivity in educating to reduce mental illness stigma.