Persons with mental illness frequently encounter public stigma and may suffer from self-
stigma. This review aims to clarify the concept of mental illness stigma and discuss …

Advocacy, government, and public-service groups rely on a variety of strategies to diminish
the impact of stigma on persons with severe mental illness. These strategies include protest …

17 mental illness may be less severe than in Western cultures. Fabrega (26) suggests that
the lack of differentiation between psychiatric and non-psychiatric illness in the three great …

Published narratives by persons with serious mental illness eloquently describe the harmful
effects of stigma on self-esteem and self-efficacy. However, a more careful review of the …

In this study, we build on previous work by developing and estimating a model of the
relationships between causal attributions (eg, controllability, responsibility), familiarity with …

The course and outcomes of mental illness are hampered by stigma and discrimination.
Research on controllability attributions has mapped the relationships between signaling …

In this study, the paths between two prejudicial attitudes (authoritarianism and benevolence)
and a proxy measure of behavioral discrimination (social distance) were examined in a …

For people with mental illness, diminished quality of life and loss of personal goals does not
result solely from the symptoms, distress, and disabilities caused by their psychiatric …

Two stigmatizing attitudes related to dangerousness and personal responsibility may
undermine the opportunities of persons with serious mental illness. This study set out to …

Objectives: This study examined the effects of familiarity with and social distance from
persons who have serious mental illness on stigmatizing attitudes about mental illness …