Stigmatizing beliefs about mental illness can be a daily struggle for people with
schizophrenia. While investigations into the impact of internalizing stigma on negative …

Abstract The Social Cognition Psychometric Evaluation (SCOPE) study consists of a battery
of eight tasks selected to measure social-cognitive deficits in individuals with schizophrenia …

Background Some studies revealed that psychiatrists have more negative attitudes than
psychologists towards patients with schizophrenia. This raises the question of whether …

Interactions between social cognition and symptoms of schizophrenia have been
investigated, but mostly component by component. Here we tested the assumption that two …

Negative public reactions towards people with mental health problems, and in particular
those diagnosed with schizophrenia, may result in a number of negative consequences …

Social cognition in relation to schizophrenia liability remains largely uncharted terrain.
Successful social interactions involve sensitivity to the feelings and behavior of others, and …

Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate social attitudes toward schizophrenia
in Japan and China in view of social distance and knowledge of psychiatry, as well as …

Research has demonstrated widespread negative attitudes held toward people with mental
health problems. Our study investigated whether a new prejudice reduction technique …

There is a growing awareness that responses to mental health disorders differ according to
the label. Still, research on contact and prejudice against people with mental health …

To examine whether patients with schizophrenia have deficits in the appraisal of socially
relevant stimuli, we tested 20 patients and 14 healthy volunteers equated for parental …