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Influences on young people's stigmatising attitudes towards peers with mental disorders: national survey of young Australians and their parents
- Authors:
- JORM Anthony F., WRIGHT AnneMarie
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 192(2), February 2008, pp.144-149.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
A national telephone survey was carried out with 3746 people aged 12–25 years and 2005 co-resident parents. Stigmatising attitudes were assessed in relation to four vignettes (depression, depression with alcohol misuse, social phobia and psychosis). Stigma was found to have multiple components labelled `social distance', `dangerous/unpredictable', `weak not sick', `stigma perceived in others' and `reluctance to disclose'. Exposure to mental disorders and help-seeking in oneself or others was associated with lower scores on some components of stigma but not on others. Young people's attitudes showed specific associations with those of parents. Exposure to campaigns was associated with reductions in beliefs that the person is `weak not sick'. Personal experiences, parental attitudes and campaigns all affect stigmatising attitudes.
Helpfulness of interventions of mental disorders: beliefs of health professionals compared with the general public
- Authors:
- JORM Anthony F., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 171, September 1997, pp.233-237.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Aims to compare the beliefs of health professionals about the potential helpfulness of various mental health interventions with those of the general public. The professionals gave much higher ratings than the public to the helpfulness of antidepressants for depression, and of antipsychotics and admission to a psychiatric ward for schizophrenia. Conversely, the public tended to give much more favourable ratings to vitamins and minerals and special diets for both depression and schizophrenia, and to reading self-help books for schizophrenia. Concludes that the beliefs health practitioners hold about mental disorders differ greatly from those of the general public. Calls for mental health education campaigns to help close the gap between professional and public beliefs.