Public attitudes to mental illness

Public attitudes toward persons with mental illness.

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...

Community attitudes to mental illness in Edinburgh.

Missourians’ Attitudes Toward Mental Illness

 Respondents were most likely to correctly identify major depressive disorder (MDD), depression that occurs in the elderly, and post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD). They were least likely to be able to correctly identify bipolar disorder, followed by schizophrenia Females, more educated respondents, suburban respondents, and those with more personal experience with mental illness were most s...

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 ...