2.3. Measuring instruments
In addition to two validated survey instruments, a self-generated questionnaire was used (see attachment 2 ).The German version of the Mental Illness: Clinician’s Attitudes Scale 4 (MICA-4) was used to collect the data on stigmatizing attitudes [The students' global self-worth was assessed using the Rosenberg scale [The self-generated questionnaire (see attachment 2 ) covers information about the current practical block, age, sex and statements about mental illness among family/friends, and level of general interest in psychiatry/psychosomatics. It also contains questions to confirm the inclusion and exclusion criteria given above.