A cross-sectional survey of stigma towards people with a mental illness in the general public. The role of employment, domestic noise disturbance and age.

Autor: Oudejans SCC; Mark Bench, Rhôneweg 16, 1043AH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. suzan.oudejans@markbench.nl.; Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. suzan.oudejans@markbench.nl., Spits ME; Mark Bench, Rhôneweg 16, 1043AH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; Dutch Addiction Association, Amersfoort, The Netherlands., van Weeghel J; Phrenos Center of Expertise, Utrecht, The Netherlands.; Tranzo Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology [Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol] 2021 Sep; Vol. 56 (9), pp. 1547-1554. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 16.
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-021-02111-y
Abstrakt: Introduction: Stigmatization impedes the social integration of persons recovering from mental illnesses. Little is known about characteristics of the stigmatized person that lessen or aggravate public stigma.
Purpose: This study investigates which characteristics of persons with mental illnesses (i.e. with a depression or a psychotic disorder) might increase or decrease the likelihood of public stigma.
Methods: Over 2,000 adults read one of sixteen vignettes describing a person with a depressive disorder or a psychotic disorder and answered a set of items measuring social distance.
Results: The person who was employed (vs. unemployed), or whose neighbors did not experience domestic noise disturbance (vs. disturbance) elicited significantly less social distance. Also persons with a depressive disorder elicited less social distance, vs. persons with a psychotic disorder.
Conclusion: Employment and good housing circumstances may destigmatize persons coping with mental illnesses. Mental health and social services should encourage paid employment, quality housing and other paths to community integration.
(© 2021. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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