Mental illness stigma refers to the negative evaluations, negative emotional experiences, and
discrimination that individuals have toward people with mental illness during social interactions. It has
been found that mental health service practitioners also have a stigma against patients with mental illness,
which not only seriously affects the treatment and recovery of patients, but also reduces their willingness
and confidence to engage in their own profession. This paper provides a review of mental illness stigma
among mental health service practitioners, focusing on its negative effects on patients and practitioners
themselves. It also identifies three common interventions of education, contact, and a combination
of education and contact, and highlights the shortcomings of each, to help mental health service
practitioners recognize and reduce their own mental illness stigma, thereby improving service outcomes
and promoting professionalism.