Public attitudes to schizophrenia in rural Turkey
| Autor: | Ömer Aydemir, Firdevs Seyfe Şen, Mehmet Murat Demet, E. Oryal Taşkin, Erol Özmen, İlkin Içelli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Social Psychology Adolescent Turkey Epidemiology Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) Culture Public opinion behavioral disciplines and activities Surveys and Questionnaires mental disorders medicine Humans Psychiatry Close contact business.industry Social perception Social distance Middle Aged Mental illness medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Social Perception Public Opinion Schizophrenia Female Rural area business Attitude to Health Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 38(10) |
| ISSN: | 0933-7954 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to determine the public’s attitudes and their correlates towards patients with schizophrenia in rural areas. The study was carried out in a village near Manisa City, Turkey. Two hundred and eight subjects completed the public survey form which consists of ten items screening demographic and health status and 32 items rating attitudes towards schizophrenia. Half of the subjects stated that persons with schizophrenia are aggressive and that they should not be free in the community. More than half of the subjects stated that they would be irritated about having a neighbour with schizophrenia (61.5 %), that they would not rent their home to a person with schizophrenia (58.2 %), that they do not want to work with a person with schizophrenia (61.1 %), and that they would not get married to a person with schizophrenia (85.6 %). The public in rural areas sufficiently recognises schizophrenia but has a tendency to stigmatise schizophrenic patients. Their attitudes are generally negative and rejective. They do not want close contact with schizophrenic patients. Interpretation of schizophrenia as a mental illness leads to more negative attitudes and increases the social distance. |
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