Background The beliefs of people receiving treatment about the causes of their own mental
health problems are researched less often than the causal beliefs of the public, but have …

Background Public beliefs about the causes of mental health problems are related to desire
for distance and pessimism about recovery, and are therefore frequently studied. The beliefs …

BACKGROUND: Patients' beliefs about the cause of their depression can affect their help-
seeking behavior, treatment preferences, coping strategies and treatment compliance. There …

Background Public perceptions of mental illness are increasingly construed in
neurobiological and genetic terms. Accumulating evidence suggests there are some …

Background: Patients have a wide range of explanations for their depression and it is not
known how these beliefs influence subsequent behaviour and hence outcome. Research …

Background: Biological conceptualisations of depression are increasingly prevalent. The
current study aimed to investigate the current prevalence of causal beliefs about depression …

Background Many patients have erroneous views with regard to depression and its
management, and it was noted that these attitudes and beliefs significantly affected their …

The relation between patients' beliefs about the causes of their depression, treatment
preferences, and demographic variables was studied in a sample of 156 patients in a …

Background Treatment adherence is influenced by factors like illness and patient
characteristics, side effects, time taken to improve and the doctor-patient relationship. One of …

Objectives Major depression is increasingly viewed in the United States public as a medical
disorder with biological and psychosocial causes. Yet little is known about how causal …