Attitudes of the General Public to Mental Illness

Public attitudes toward persons with mental illness.

Attitudes to mental illness among mental health professionals in Singapore and comparisons with the general population

BACKGROUND Similar to the general public, mental health professionals sometimes also have negative attitudes towards individuals with mental illness; which could ultimately affect the quality of care received by the patients. This study aims to explore attitudes to mental illness among mental health professionals in Singapore; make comparisons with the general population; and investigate the si...

Public attitudes toward mental illness in Africa and North America.

OBJECTIVE Public attitudes toward mental illness in two widely disparate cultures, Canada and Cameroon, were compared using an experimental version of a survey instrument, the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes-Mental Illness or POSHA-MI(e). METHOD 120 respondents rated POSHA-MI(e) items relating to mental illness on 1-9 equal appearing interval scales: 30 in English and 30 in French i...

The stigma of mental illness: effects of labelling on public attitudes towards people with mental disorder.

OBJECTIVE Aim of the study is to examine the impact of labelling on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia and major depression. METHOD In Spring 2001, a representative survey was carried out in Germany involving adults of German nationality (n = 5025). RESULTS Labelling as mental illness has an impact on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia, with negative effects ...

Community attitudes to mental illness in Edinburgh.