Evolution of public attitudes about mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

@article{Schomerus2012EvolutionOP,
  title={Evolution of public attitudes about mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis},
  author={Georg Schomerus and Christian Schwahn and Anita Holzinger and Patrick W. Corrigan and H.J. Grabe and Manuel Carta and M. C. Angermeyer},
  journal={Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica},
  year={2012},
  volume={125}
}
Schomerus G, Schwahn C, Holzinger A, Corrigan PW, Grabe HJ, Carta MG, Angermeyer MC. Evolution of public attitudes about mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. 
View on Wiley
wisewisconsin.org
679 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
36
Background Citations
298
Methods Citations
8
Results Citations
42

679 Citations

Citation Type

Citation Type

Questioning the Medical Model of Mental Health
TLDR
The Social Construction of Mental Illness and Its Implication for Neuroplasticity by Michael T. Walker is an ambitious and ambitious book about the construction of mental illness and its implications for brain plasticity.
Clinical psychologists’ views about talking to people with psychosis about sexuality and intimacy: a Q-methodological study
Sexual and relationship needs of people with psychosis are generally overlooked despite established psychosocial benefits and reduced risk of relapse. Despite mental health professionals’ reluctanc...
Do attitudes towards persons with mental illness worsen during the course of life? An age‐period‐cohort analysis
TLDR
This work investigates whether attitudes worsen over the life span, or follow a cohort pattern, as cross‐sectional studies frequently find higher age associated with negative attitudes towards persons with mental illness.
Knowledge, attitude and behaviours toward mental illness and help‐seeking in a large nonclinical Tunisian student sample
TLDR
To date, few young people see mental health professionals as a preferred source of support, and action is needed to change this perception or reform mental health services to make them more attractive to this age group.
Association of lay beliefs about causes of depression with social distance
The aim of this study was to examine the association of lay attributions about causes of depression with attitudes and prejudiced behaviour towards people with depression.
Adolescent construction of mental illness: implication for engagement and treatment
TLDR
The current research aimed to develop a preliminary model of how adolescents perceive mental illness and construct their understanding of mental health.
people with mental illness: pilot randomised controlled trial Efficacy of Coming Out Proud to reduce stigma's impact among
10.1192/bjp.bp.113.135772BJP€ published online January 16, 2014 Access the most recent version at DOI: Rossler, Birgit Kleim and Patrick W. CorriganStephanie Ventling, Gianfranco Zuaboni, Rene…
Does the stigma of mental illness contribute to suicidality?
TLDR
Research is needed on the link between stigma and suicidality as well as on anti-stigma interventions and their effects on suicideality.
Stigmas toward psychosis‐related clinical features among the general public in Taiwan
TLDR
It is wondered if people would generalize their stigmas towards schizophrenia to subjects with subthreshold psychotic symptoms, and if the line between schizophrenia and attenuated psychosis was well demarcated.
Causal attributions and secrecy in unemployed people with mental health problems
...
...

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 88 REFERENCES
Public beliefs about the causes of mental disorders revisited
Prejudice and schizophrenia: a review of the ‘mental illness is an illness like any other’ approach
TLDR
This review evaluates the effectiveness of the ‘mental illness is an illness like any other’ approach in relation to schizophrenia.
The impact of a national mental health arts and film festival on stigma and recovery
TLDR
The impact of a national mental health arts and film festival on stigma and recovery is studied in a country with a high levels of mental health stigma.
Have there been any changes in the public's attitudes towards psychiatric treatment? Results from representative population surveys in Germany in the years 1990 and 2001
TLDR
During the 1990s, the reform of German mental health care made considerable progress and the question arises as to whether these improvements were accompanied by a greater acceptance of psychiatric treatment by the public.
The perceived and predicted implications of psychiatric genetic knowledge among persons with multiple cases of depression in the family
TLDR
The perceived and predicted implications of psychiatric genetic knowledge among persons with multiple cases of depression in the family and their relatives are studied.
The Differential Effectiveness of Psychosocial and Biogenetic Causal Explanations in Reducing Negative Attitudes toward “Mental Illness”
TLDR
It is recommended that destigmatization programs minimize efforts to persuade the public that mental health problems are biogenetic illnesses, and focus instead on increasing exposure to users of mental health services.
Causal beliefs and attitudes to people with schizophrenia
TLDR
The assumption underlying current anti-stigma programmes that there is a positive relationship between endorsing biological causes and the acceptance of people with mental illness appears to be problematic.
Genetic bases of mental illness – a cure for stigma?
  • J. Phelan
  • Psychology
    Trends in Neurosciences
  • 2002
The Relationship Between Public Causal Beliefs and Social Distance Toward Mentally Ill People
TLDR
This study provides stimulus for re-considering the assumptions underlying antistigma interventions: that promulgating biological concepts among the public might not contribute to a desired reduction in social distance toward people with mental disorders.
"A disease like any other"? A decade of change in public reactions to schizophrenia, depression, and alcohol dependence.
TLDR
More of the public embraces a neurobiological understanding of mental illness, which translates into support for services but not into a decrease in stigma.
...
...