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佛罗里达国际大学（FIU）于2026年10月15日介绍，心理学教授 Meghan Owenz 用一堂约50分钟的探究式活动，帮助79名本科生降低对心理疾病的污名：学生更少把患者视为与“正常人”不同，更倾向认为状况可治疗，并重新审视“Abnormal Psychology”这一课名。本文说明活动如何进行、研究在《Teaching of Psychology》中的初步发现，以及把心理健康放回日常讨论的意义。

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A 50-minute classroom activity at Florida International University may help students rethink mental illness. Psychology professor Meghan Owenz told FIU News on 15 October 2026 that roughly 80 percent of people will face a psychiatric disorder at some point in life. She argues that stigma makes mental illness sound like something that happens only to “other people,” and that this belief can stop people from seeking help. After one inquiry-based lesson, her students were less likely to see people with mental illness as different from everyone else, and more likely to view such conditions as treatable.

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佛罗里达国际大学一堂约50分钟的课堂活动，可能帮助学生重新认识心理疾病。心理学教授 Meghan Owenz 于2026年10月15日对 FIU News 表示，大约八成的人一生中会经历某种精神障碍。她认为，污名会使心理疾病听起来像只发生在“别人”身上的事，而这种看法可能阻止人们寻求帮助。经过一次探究式课后，她的学生较少把有心理疾病的人视为与众不同，也更倾向认为这类状况可以治疗。

Owenz worked with 79 undergraduate psychology students. They first answered questions about their beliefs on mental health. Then they took part in prompts about everyday traits and habits, such as having brown eyes or failing to keep New Year’s resolutions. Students moved around the room according to their answers, so they could see how many classmates shared the same experiences. Owenz used those shared responses to show that certain psychiatric disorders are more common than many expect, and she compared them with ordinary struggles such as sleep problems, mood changes, anxiety or attention difficulties.

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Owenz 与79名心理学本科生一起完成活动。学生先回答关于心理健康信念的问题，再参与关于日常特征与习惯的提示，例如是否有棕色眼睛、是否未能坚持新年决心。学生按回答在教室中移动，从而看到有多少同学有相同经历。Owenz 用这些共同回答说明：某些精神障碍比许多人预想的更常见，并把它们与睡眠问题、情绪波动、焦虑或注意力困难等普通困扰加以比较。

By the end of the session, stigma scores had fallen. Students were less likely to view people with mental illness as dangerous or somehow separate from “normal” people. They were also more likely to see mental health conditions as problems that treatment can improve, rather than lifelong labels that never change. The findings appear in the journal Teaching of Psychology as preliminary evidence that a single, carefully designed class can reduce harmful stereotypes.

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课程结束时，污名量表得分下降。学生较少把有心理疾病的人视为危险或与“正常人”截然不同，也更倾向认为心理健康问题可通过治疗改善，而不是永远不变的终身标签。研究结果作为初步证据发表在期刊《Teaching of Psychology》：一堂精心设计的课，也可能减轻有害刻板印象。

The shift in thinking even changed how students judged their course title, “Abnormal Psychology.” Something that affects about half to four-fifths of people across a lifetime, Owenz said, is hard to call abnormal. Students suggested new names, including Divergent Psychology, Mental Health Psychology, Normal Psychology and Not Abnormal Psychology. The point was not to deny serious illness, but to place mental health inside ordinary human life instead of a distant category.

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思维转变甚至改变了学生对课程名称“Abnormal Psychology（变态心理学）”的判断。Owenz 说，若某事影响约一半到五分之四的人的一生，很难再称之为“不正常”。学生提出了新名称，包括 Divergent Psychology、Mental Health Psychology、Normal Psychology 和 Not Abnormal Psychology。重点不是否定严重疾病，而是把心理健康放回普通人的生活里，而不是一个遥远的类别。

Owenz encourages people to treat mental health concerns more like physical ones: talk with a professional, a friend or family rather than staying silent. For FIU students, the university points to Counseling and Psychological Services on campus. The study does not claim that one lesson ends stigma everywhere. It does suggest that when students notice how common mental health struggles are among people like themselves, the line between “us” and “them” grows weaker—and asking for help may feel easier.

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Owenz 鼓励人们像对待身体健康问题一样对待心理健康困扰：与专业人士、朋友或家人交谈，而不是沉默。对 FIU 学生，学校可提供校内心理咨询与服务。这项研究并不声称一节课能消除所有污名；它提示的是：当学生意识到心理健康困扰在“像自己这样的人”中多么常见时，“我们”与“他们”的界限会变弱，寻求帮助也可能更容易。

新闻来源

• FIU News · Changing the conversation around mental health may reduce stigma (15 Oct 2026)
• Owenz, Tewksbury & Aydemir-Döke · An Inquiry-Based Learning Activity to Address Mental Illness Stigma (Teaching of Psychology)

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