One in ten children and adolescents suffer with mental health difficulties at any given time,
yet less than one third seek treatment. Untreated mental illness predisposes to longstanding …

The effectiveness of efforts designed to address mental illness stigma will rest on our ability
to understand stigma processes, the factors that produce and sustain such processes, and …

Treatments have been developed and tested to successfully reduce the symptoms and
disabilities of many mental illnesses. Unfortunately, people distressed by these illnesses …

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a frequently diagnosed disorder in child-
and adulthood with a high impact affecting multiple facets of social life. Therefore, patients …

This article examines the stigmatization of mental illness in children and parents.
Stigmatization of child/adolescent conditions is related to the low status of children …

PURPOSE: To explore gender differences and the role of stigma in teen willingness to use
mental health services. METHODS: Self-administered, written questionnaires were …

This comprehensive, authoritative text provides a state-of-the-art review of current
knowledge and best practices for helping adults with psychiatric disabilities move forward in …

Differences in mental illness (MI) stigma among adolescents were examined cross-
sectionally across race, ethnicity, and gender to identify target populations and cultural …

Objective: Aiming at promoting young people's mental health and reducing stigma towards
people with schizophrenia, project weeks were carried out with secondary school students …

Background The stigma against people with mental illness is a major barrier to help-seeking
in young people for mental health problems. The objective of this study was to investigate …