Objective: To examine the extent to which the public's desire for social distance from people
with schizophrenia is influenced by beliefs about the disorder and stereotypes about those …

Background: There is a growing trend to view depression as a biological illness rather than
a psychosocial condition, even though there is no consensus as to what causes depression …

This study examined whether viewing a documentary that depicts individuals with
schizophrenia can reduce psychiatric stigma. One hundred and sixty-three individuals were …

In contemporary culture, socially deviant behaviour is increasingly being conceptualised as
the result of a disease; most salient perhaps, in regards to addiction. This chronic disease …

The experience of madness–which might also be referred to more formally as
'schizophrenia'or 'psychosis'–consists of a complex, confusing and often distressing …

Objective This research aims to compare the effectiveness of two methods of teaching
psychopathology in reducing stigma toward mental illness. Based on previous stigma …

Psychologists are frequently faced with issues of whether, when, and how to ask clients if
they have been abused. Despite the demonstrated relationship between child abuse and …

T:\he US Surgeon General's report on men tal health (1999) and the report of Presi dent
Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2003) highlighted the public health …

The current study investigated the relationship between just world beliefs and stigmatizing
attitudes toward eating disorders and obesity. Further, the associations between stigma and …

Aim-To develop and measure consensus about which type of message should be included
in population-level campaigns to reduce mental health-related stigma. Methods-A panel of …