Public attitudes towards psychiatry are crucial determinants of help‐seeking for mental
illness. It has been argued that psychiatry as a discipline enjoys low esteem among the …

Background The use of medications to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
has increased, but the prevalence of ADHD medication use across different world regions is …

Aims. Population surveys have become a frequently used method to explore stigma, help-
seeking and illness beliefs related to mental illness. Methodological quality however differs …

In 2009 the WPA President established a Task Force that was to examine available
evidence about the stigmatization of psychiatry and psychiatrists and to make …

The impact of how knowledge can effect attitude change is important in order to understand
theconsequences for stigma. The relationship between increasing subject knowledge of …

Background: Mental illness has always been subject to stigma and discrimination. There are
a number of studies on public attitudes towards people with mental illness. Long-term …

Recent research demonstrated that a stigma reduction intervention based on acceptance
and commitment therapy (ACT) may be more effective than one focused on education about …

Introduction Stigma affects people with mental illness globally, however, it is proposed that
stigma is less prevalent in wealthier countries and that people hold more positive attitudes in …

The overall aim of this thesis is to 1) investigate the prevalence of stigmatizing experiences
and beliefs of devaluation and discrimination among persons with mental illness, and 2) to …

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that leads to significant productivity loss and is
listed in the top 15 global burdens of disease. One important contributor to the high disease …