Attitudes towards psychiatric treatment and people with mental illness: changes over two decades.
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BACKGROUND Over the past decades, psychiatry, as a science and a clinical discipline, has witnessed profound changes. AIMS To examine whether these changes are reflected in changes in the public's conceptualisation of mental disorders, the acceptance of mental health treatment and attitudes towards people with mental illness. METHOD In 1990 and 2011, population surveys were conducted in Germany on public attitudes about schizophrenia, depression and alcohol dependence. RESULTS Although the public has become more inclined to endorse a biological causation of schizophrenia, the opposite trend was observed with the other two disorders. The public's readiness to recommend help-seeking from mental health professionals and using psychotherapy and psychotropic medication has increased considerably. Attitudes towards people with schizophrenia worsened, whereas for depression and alcohol dependence no or inconsistent changes were found. CONCLUSIONS The growing divide between attitudes towards schizophrenia and other mental disorders should be of particular concern to future anti-stigma campaigns.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
دوره 203 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013