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Stigmatisation of people with mental illnesses
- Authors:
- CRISP Arthur H., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, July 2000, pp.4-7.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study aimed to determine opinions of the British adult population concerning those with mental illnesses as baseline data for a campaign to combat stigmatisation. Respondents commonly perceived people with schizophrenia, alcoholism and drug addiction as unpredictable and dangerous. The two latter conditions were also viewed as self-inflicted. People with any of the seven disorders were perceived as hard to talk with. Opinions about effects of treatment and prognosis suggested reasonable knowledge. About half the respondents reported knowing someone with a mental illness. Negative opinions indiscriminately overemphasise social handicaps that can accompany mental disorders. They contribute to social isolation, distress and difficulties in employment faced by sufferers.