Mental illness stigma, help seeking, and public health programs

C. Henderson, S. Evans-Lacko and G. Thornicroft

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 5, 777-780

Abstract: Globally, more than 70% of people with mental illness receive no treatment from health care staff. Evidence suggests that factors increasing the likelihood of treatment avoidance or delay before presenting for care include (1) lack of knowledge to identify features of mental illnesses, (2) ignorance about how to access treatment, (3) prejudice against people who have mental illness, and (4) expectation of discrimination against people diagnosed with mental illness. In this article, we reviewed the evidence on whether large-scale antistigma campaigns could lead to increased levels of help seeking.

Keywords: adolescent; adult; aged; attitude to health; female; health care delivery; human; male; mental disease; middle aged; patient attitude; psychological aspect; review; sex ratio; social marketing; social psychology; social stigma; standard; statistical model; statistics; United Kingdom, Adolescent; Adult; Aged; England; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Mental Disorders; Middle Aged; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Prejudice; Sex Distribution; Social Marketing; Social Stigma; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301056

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