Mental disorders are common in young people, yet many do not seek help. The use of
psychiatric labels to describe mental disorders is associated with effective help-seeking …

Antistigma campaigns have been promoting a medical view of schizophrenia. Given the
growing body of research finding negative associations between biogenetic (BG) causal …

Brain disease models of psychopathology, such as the popular “chemical imbalance”
explanation of depression, have been widely disseminated in an attempt to reduce the …

Madness is a complex and contested term. Through time and across cultures it has acquired
many formulations: for some, madness is synonymous with unreason and violence, for …

Page 1 ..!!!MW KINDERMAN, PETER A PRESCRIPTION FOR PSYCHIATRY Why We Need a
Whole New Approach to Mental Health and wellbeing Page 2 A Prescription for Psychiatry …

We review knowledge concerning public presentations for depression. These presentations
impact illness beliefs and may influence public stigma, self-stigma, and depression literacy …

For several decades the conceptualization and treatment of mental health problems,
including psychosis, have been dominated by a rather narrow focus on genes and brain …

Viewing mental illness as an 'illness like any other'and promoting biogenetic causes have
been explored as a stigmareduction strategy. The relationship between causal beliefs and …

Background Stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness are strongly linked to
suffering, disability and poverty. In order to protect the rights of those with mental disorders …

Background: The scientific literature on stigma has been confused because there are
multiple components of stigma with different correlates. In order to help make sense of this …