| Autor: |
Lorenza, Magliano, Corrado, De Rosa, Andrea, Fiorillo, Claudio, Malangone, Manuela, Guarneri, Cecilia, Marasco, Mario, Maj |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Magliano, Lorenza, DE ROSA, C, Fiorillo, Andrea, Malangone, C, Guarneri, M, Marasco, C, Maj, Mario |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2003 |
| Předmět: |
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| Popis: |
OBJECTIVE: Description of opinions on schizophrenia and its psychosocial consequences in a sample of general population. METHODS: The study has been carried out in 29 GP units stratified by geographic area and population density of their catchment areas and randomly selected. Each respondent was asked to read a case-vignette describing a patient who met ICD-10 criteria for schizophrenia, and then to fill the Questionnaire on the Opinions about Mental Illness--General Population's version (QO-GP). RESULTS: Data on 714 respondents were collected. 21% of the sample identified a case of schizophrenia, 66% of depression/anxiety disorder, and 13% of "nervous breakdown". Factors most frequently mentioned as causes of detected disorder were stress (72%), heredity (62%), family difficulties and psychological traumas (45%). More pessimistic opinions about psychosocial consequences of schizophrenia were found among respondents with lower educational level and older age. Respondents who referred the case-vignette to schizophrenia reported more pessimistic opinions about psychosocial consequences of detected disorder. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study outline the need to plan educational campaigns on mental illnesses, which take into account the socio-cultural characteristics of the target populations. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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