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Causal beliefs and attitudes to people with schizophrenia: Trend analysis based on data from two population surveys in Germany
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Background: It is a widely shared belief that an increase in mental health literacy will result in an improvement of attitudes towards people with mental illness. Aims: To examine how the German public's causal attributions of schizophrenia and their desire for social distance from people with schizophrenia developed over the 1990s. Method: A trend analysis was carried out using data from two representative population surveys conducted in the Länder constituting the former Federal Republic of Germany in 1990 and 2001. Results: Parallel to an increase in the public's tendency to endorse biological causes, an increase in the desire for social distance from people with schizophrenia was found. Conclusions: 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.
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Mental health literacy: Public knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders
Jorm, A. F. (2000) · British Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1192/bjp.177.5.396 · Cited by 2,114 · cited 1×
“It is a widely shared belief that an increase in the public’s mental health literacy (Jorm, 2000) will result in an improvement of attitudes towards people with mental illness.”
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“…shared by mental health professionals on the aetiology of schizophrenia, as they may have a positive effect on people’s readiness to seek professional help (Angermeyer et al, 1999); on the other, promulgating biological factors as a cause of the disorder may lead to more instead of less rejection.”
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- Authors
- Angermeyer, M. C., & Matschinger, H.
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 2005-04
- Volume
- 186
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 331-334
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W2105611250
- Cited by
- 281
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 15.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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