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Public awareness of Misophonia in U.S. adults: a Population-based study. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-04180-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Cai S, Guo Q, Luo Y, Zhou Y, Abbas A, Zhou X, Peng X. Spiritual needs and communicating about death in nonreligious theistic families in pediatric palliative care: A qualitative study. Palliat Med 2020; 34:533-540. [PMID: 31971068 DOI: 10.1177/0269216319896747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Spiritual support should be offered to all patients and their families regardless of their affiliated status with an organized religion. AIM To understand nonreligious theistic parents' spirituality and to explore how parents discuss death with their terminally ill children in mainland China. DESIGN Qualitative study. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS This study was conducted in the hematology oncology center at Beijing Children's Hospital. Participants in this study included 16 bereaved parents. RESULTS Participants described themselves as nonreligious but showed a tendency toward a particular religion. Parents sought religious support in the face of the life-threatening conditions that affected their child and regarded the religious belief as an important way to get psychological and spiritual comfort after experiencing the death of their child. Religious support could partially address parents' spiritual needs. Parents' spiritual needs still require other supports such as bereavement services, death education, and family support groups. Some parents stated that it was difficult to find a way to discuss death with their children. For patients who come from nonreligious theistic families, their understanding of death was more complex and may be related to atheism. CONCLUSION Religious support could be an element of spiritual support for nonreligious theistic parents of terminally ill children. Multiple strategies including religious supports and nonreligious supports should be rationally integrated into spiritual support of nonreligious theistic family. Patient's personal belief in death should be assessed before discussing death with them.
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- Siyu Cai
- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China
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- School of Nursing, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Hematology Oncology; National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University); Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education; Hematology Oncology Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Hematology Oncology; National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University); Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education; Hematology Oncology Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China
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- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Hematology Oncology; National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University); Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education; Hematology Oncology Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China
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- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China
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Butlin B, Laws K, Read R, Broome MD, Sharma S. Concepts of mental disorders in the United Kingdom: Similarities and differences between the lay public and psychiatrists. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2019; 65:507-514. [PMID: 31311429 DOI: 10.1177/0020764019863084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The lay public often conceptualise mental disorders in a different way to mental health professionals, and this can negatively impact on outcomes when in treatment. AIMS This study explored which disorders the lay public are familiar with, which theoretical models they understand, which they endorse and how they compared to a sample of psychiatrists. METHODS The Maudsley Attitude Questionnaire (MAQ), typically used to assess mental health professional's concepts of mental disorders, was adapted for use by a lay community sample (N = 160). The results were compared with a sample of psychiatrists (N = 76). RESULTS The MAQ appeared to be accessible to the lay public, providing some interesting preliminary findings: in order, the lay sample reported having the best understanding of depression followed by generalised anxiety, schizophrenia and finally antisocial personality disorder. They best understood spiritualist, nihilist and social realist theoretical models of these disorders, but were most likely to endorse biological, behavioural and cognitive models. The lay public were significantly more likely to endorse some models for certain disorders suggesting a nuanced understanding of the cause and likely cure, of various disorders. Ratings often differed significantly from the sample of psychiatrists who were relatively steadfast in their endorsement of the biological model. CONCLUSION The adapted MAQ appeared accessible to the lay sample. Results suggest that the lay public are generally aligned with evidence-driven concepts of common disorders, but may not always understand or agree with how mental health professionals conceptualise them. The possible causes of these differences, future avenues for research and the implications for more collaborative, patient-clinician conceptualisations are discussed.
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- Ben Butlin
- 1 Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- 2 School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
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- 3 Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Bodmin, UK
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- 4 Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,5 Institute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- 2 School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
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Alosaimi FD, AlAteeq DA, Bin Hussain SI, Alhenaki RS, Bin Salamah AA, AlModihesh NA. Public Awareness, Beliefs, And Attitudes Toward Bipolar Disorder In Saudi Arabia. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2019; 15:2809-2818. [PMID: 31579220 PMCID: PMC6773966 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s209037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To examine public's knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes toward bipolar disorder (BP) in Saudi Arabia (SA). METHODS A cross-sectional survey was performed in 2016 in Riyadh, SA. The survey included sociodemographic characteristics and BP awareness scale. RESULTS Of 416 participants, 49.5% had prior knowledge of BP, mainly from internet and social media, and 57% considered it to be common in SA. About half believed BP is caused by a neurophysiological or neurochemical imbalance and that it can be treated with psychiatric medications. Supernatural causes, weak faith, and weakness of character were considered causes of BP by 55%, 48%, and 40% of participants, respectively. Recreational activities and head bandaging by traditional therapists were considered viable treatment options by 55% and 41% of participants, respectively. Students and healthcare professionals scored significantly higher on awareness scale. Regarding attitude, a majority believed that persons with BP can work effectively (86%), have to pull themselves together to get over it (47%), and consider it a shame to mention that someone in a family is affected by BP (32%). Regarding relationships, 22% were not willing to maintain a friendship and 39.3% were not willing to marry someone with BP. CONCLUSIONS This study revealed suboptimal public awareness towards BP in SA. It identified several misconceptions and negative attitudes toward patients with BP. Further studies are needed to investigate potential public interventions to improve literacy of BP.
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- Fahad D Alosaimi
- Department of Psychiatry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Family Medicine and Polyclinics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital, KAMC, MNGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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BACKGROUND This study attempted to ascertain whether people had better mental vs physical health literacy by comparing their knowledge of six conditions. AIMS The aim was to link two different literatures which have remained apart. METHODS In all, 186 young British participants (52% male) with an average age of 25 years completed an online questionnaire describing six vignettes characters. Three described mental health conditions (anorexia, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia) and three physical health conditions (asthma, diabetes and osteoarthritis). Participants were required to name the illness and rate how treatable and manageable they believed the condition is. They were also asked to rate how much the problem would affect an individual's daily life and suggest whether the individual should seek professional help. RESULTS The recognition of specific mental health conditions (anorexia, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia) was marginally higher than the recognition of physical health conditions (arthritis, asthma, diabetes). Ratings about treatment and the effect of each illness showed considerable variation. CONCLUSION The results suggest that people are equally and relatively poorly informed about relatively common mental compared to physical illnesses.
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- Adshara Vimalanathan
- a Research Department of Clinical , Educational and Health Psychology, University College London , London , UK and
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- a Research Department of Clinical , Educational and Health Psychology, University College London , London , UK and.,b Norwegian Business School (BI) , Nydalveien , Olso , Norway
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Park S, Jang H, Furnham A, Jeon M, Park SJ. Beliefs about the causes of and treatments for depression and bipolar disorder among South Koreans. Psychiatry Res 2018; 260:219-226. [PMID: 29216484 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.11.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Public beliefs about psychiatric disorders are important for understanding help-seeking behaviours. We investigated factors that affect South Koreans' beliefs about the causes and treatment of depression and bipolar disorder. We recruited 654 participants aged 15-54 years using an online panel survey. Participants completed two questionnaires: 34 possible causes of and 33 possible treatments for depression and bipolar disorder. For both disorders, the questionnaires about causes revealed four factors: social-environmental, God/fate, heath/lifestyle, and biological; the questionnaires about treatments revealed five factors: self-help/stress management, physical treatment/health management, seeking mental health services, religious help, and resting. Causes of depression were more recognized as social-environmental, religious, and health/lifestyle compared to bipolar disorder. Participants expressed more beliefs in self-help/stress management, physical treatment/health management, seeking mental health services, and resting for depression, compared to bipolar disorder. Participants' beliefs about the causes of the disorders and their demographic and psychiatric characteristics were closely associated with beliefs about treatment validity. Participants' beliefs about the causes of depression and bipolar disorder significantly affected their beliefs about treatment. Therefore, strategies to improve mental health literacy should provide the aetiology of specific mental disorders. Further research using a representative community sample is needed to generalize our findings.
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- Subin Park
- Department of Research Planning, Mental Health Research Institute, National Center for Mental Health, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Research Planning, Mental Health Research Institute, National Center for Mental Health, Seoul, South Korea
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- Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology and Human Development, University College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Research Planning, Mental Health Research Institute, National Center for Mental Health, Seoul, South Korea
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BACKGROUND Lay beliefs about schizophrenia are an important factor associated with treatment-seeking behavior. AIMS This study was conducted to investigate the lay beliefs about the causes and treatments of schizophrenia in South Korea. METHODS A total of 654 adults (mean age, 35.96 ± 11.33 years) completed two questionnaires assessing their views on the causes and cures of schizophrenia. The factor structures of lay beliefs about the causes and treatments of schizophrenia were then analyzed and the correlations between the resultant factors investigated. RESULTS From the cause items, four factors were extracted: Health/Lifestyle, God/Fate, Social/Environmental and Biological. Four factors were also extracted from the treatment items: Self-Help/Stress Management, Physical Treatment/Health Management, Religious Help and Mental Health Service Utilization. Notably, most participants believed that items in the Social/Environmental and Biological factors were the causes of schizophrenia, while they believed that items in the Mental Health Service Utilization and Self-Help/Stress Management factors were the treatments. Participants' beliefs about the causes and treatments of schizophrenia were systematically correlated. CONCLUSION Overall, laypeople have reasonably accurate beliefs and a multidimensional view of the causes and treatments of schizophrenia. Nevertheless, our results suggest that public education about the etiology and treatment of schizophrenia are necessary to increase actual usage of mental health services and treatments for schizophrenia.
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- Subin Park
- 1 Department of Research Planning, Mental Health Research Institute, National Center for Mental Health, Seoul, Korea
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- 1 Department of Research Planning, Mental Health Research Institute, National Center for Mental Health, Seoul, Korea
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- 2 Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
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- 3 Department of Psychology and Human Development, University College London, London, UK
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- 1 Department of Research Planning, Mental Health Research Institute, National Center for Mental Health, Seoul, Korea
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Wickstead R, Furnham A. Comparing mental health literacy and physical health literacy: an exploratory study. J Ment Health 2017; 26:449-456. [DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2017.1294743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Robert Wickstead
- Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK and
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- Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK and
- Norwegian Business School (BI), Olso, Norway
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate Hong Kong nationals' ability to recognize 13 different mental disorders and to examine whether there may be a relationship between their mental health literacy (MHL) and their tendency to describe/explain symptoms of mental disorders in physical terms. METHODS A total of 299 participants took part in this study and the vignettes depict post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), dependent personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, bipolar disorder, social phobia, panic disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, schizophrenia and antisocial personality disorder. RESULTS Overall, OCD was the best identified and the personality disorders were the worst. A significant negative correlation was found between participants' MHL and the rate of offering a 'physical' rather than a 'psychological' explanation. Some mental disorders were better recognized than others such as OCD (40.1%) and depression (36.3%). However, the majority of the other disorders were very poorly recognized and labelled with the rest having 'correct response' rates of lower than 15%. Over half of the mental disorders had 'correct' response rates of lower than 5%. CONCLUSION In accordance with many other studies in the area, this study found Asian participants poor at recognizing mental disorders. This is probably due to the fact that mental illnesses of all kinds remain a taboo topic.
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- Christopher Lui
- Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
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- Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
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- Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway
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Ellison N, Mason O, Scior K. Public beliefs about and attitudes towards bipolar disorder: testing theory based models of stigma. J Affect Disord 2015; 175:116-23. [PMID: 25601311 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2014] [Revised: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Given the vast literature into public beliefs and attitudes towards schizophrenia and depression, there is paucity of research on attitudes towards bipolar disorder despite its similar prevalence to schizophrenia. This study explored public beliefs and attitudes towards bipolar disorder and examined the relationship between these different components of stigma. METHOD Using an online questionnaire distributed via email, social networking sites and public institutions, 753 members of the UK population were presented with a vignette depicting someone who met DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder. Causal beliefs, beliefs about prognosis, emotional reactions, stereotypes, and social distance were assessed in response to the vignette. Preacher and Hayes procedure for estimating direct and indirect effects of multiple mediators was used to examine the relationship between these components of stigma. RESULTS Bipolar disorder was primarily associated with positive beliefs and attitudes and elicited a relatively low desire for social distance. Fear partially mediated the relationship between stereotypes and social distance. Biomedical causal beliefs reduced desire for social distance by increasing compassion, whereas fate causal beliefs increased it through eliciting fear. Psychosocial causal beliefs had mixed effects. LIMITATIONS The measurement of stigma using vignettes and self-report questionnaires has implications for ecological validity and participants may have been reluctant to reveal the true extent of their negative attitudes. CONCLUSIONS Dissemination of these findings to people with bipolar disorder has implications for the reduction of internalised stigma in this population. Anti-stigma campaigns should attend to causal beliefs, stereotypes and emotional reactions as these all play a vital role in discriminatory behaviour towards people with bipolar disorder.
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- Nell Ellison
- Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology Research Department, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB, UK.
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- Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology Research Department, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB, UK
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- Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology Research Department, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB, UK
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Gong AT, Furnham A. Mental health literacy: Public knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders in mainland China. Psych J 2014; 3:144-58. [DOI: 10.1002/pchj.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ellison N, Mason O, Scior K. Bipolar disorder and stigma: a systematic review of the literature. J Affect Disord 2013; 151:805-20. [PMID: 24135506 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Revised: 08/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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AIM The degree to which bipolar disorder is stigmatised by the public and the extent of internalised stigma for people with this disorder, their families, and carers has been a relatively neglected area of research. This review aimed to determine what is currently known about stigma and bipolar disorder. METHOD A systematic search of the literature was conducted to identify publications which investigated public attitudes and/or beliefs about bipolar disorder or explored internalised stigma in bipolar disorder. The electronic databases PsychINFO, Medline, Embase, and Web of Science were searched for articles published between 1992 and 2012. RESULTS Twenty five articles met the reviews inclusion criteria. There are inconsistent findings regarding public stigma, although there is some evidence that bipolar disorder is viewed more positively than schizophrenia and less positively than depression. There is a moderate to high degree of internalised stigma in bipolar disorder, although the literature raises questions regarding its ubiquity in this population. LIMITATIONS Limiting the search by year of publication and excluding studies where stigma was not the main focus could mean stigma has wider implications than were identified. CONCLUSIONS This review is the first systematic synthesis of research relating to stigma and bipolar disorder. In comparison to research on other mental health problems, there is a dearth of literature exploring stigma in bipolar disorder. The literature is largely inconclusive. Future research is needed to replicate tentative findings and address methodological limitations before the field can move on to the development of anti-stigma interventions.
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- Nell Ellison
- Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology Research Department, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, United Kingdom.
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Furnham A, Sen R. Lay theories of gender identity disorder. JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY 2013; 60:1434-49. [PMID: 24059967 PMCID: PMC4118945 DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2013.819208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This study examined lay theories regarding gender identity disorder (GID). Pilot interviews were completed with participants (n = 10) regarding their views on possible causes and treatments of GID. Participants (mainly young British people and students; n = 124) then completed a questionnaire that was based on the interviews and a review of the salient literature on lay theories. As hypothesized, participants believed most in biomedical causes and treatments of GID. Factor analysis (with varimax rotation) identified 4 factors in relation to causes of GID: upbringing and personal factors, pregnancy and brain abnormalities, environmental factors, and biomedical causes. Five factors that were identified in relation to the cure/treatment of GID were psychological assistance and personal factors, extreme medical and behavioral changes, alternative therapies, external factors, and medical treatments. The results indicated that participants neither agreed nor strongly disagreed about causes and cures regarding GID, but that these beliefs were logically related. Limitations, particularly of sampling, were considered.
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- Adrian Furnham
- Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
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Loo PW, Wong S, Furnham A. Mental health literacy: A cross-cultural study from Britain, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Asia Pac Psychiatry 2012; 4:113-25. [PMID: 26767355 DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2012.00198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION A cross-cultural study was conducted on the identification of psychiatric problems comparing British, Hong Kong and Malaysian participants. AIMS To investigate the ability to correctly identify different psychiatric problems and recommend strategies for treatment. METHODS A total of 440 participants were shown vignettes of schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), social phobia, depression, bipolar disorder, stress, child attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), child depression and child "daily troubles". In each they were asked to say what they thought the person's problem was and how they could be helped as well as give their confidence ratings on both judgments. RESULTS The British were the most adept at correctly identifying the cases of mental disorders in the vignettes followed by the Hong Kong Chinese and Malaysians. Overall, the depression cases were the best identified and social phobia was the least identified. In terms of help recommendation, a higher percentage of British participants endorsed professional help as useful for the person in the vignette compared to Hong Kong and Malaysian participants. DISCUSSION The findings were discussed along with suggestions on how to improve mental health literacy. The ethnocentric nature of applying Western concepts in the East was acknowledged.
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- Phik-Wern Loo
- Department of Psychology, University College London, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University College London, UK
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Furnham A, Davidson L. Sex differences in beliefs about bulimia nervosa. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2012; 47:67-77. [PMID: 21057770 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0308-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2008] [Accepted: 10/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine sex differences in young people's beliefs about the causes and characteristics of, as well as treatment for, bulimia nervosa. METHOD Participants (100 male, 102 female) completed a four part questionnaire adapted from other studies. RESULTS There were sex differences on about a third of the attitude statements particularly about the cure for bulimia nervosa. A factor analysis of each section revealed six to seven interpretable factors per issue. An analysis of the factor scores showed few significant sex differences but most for the characteristics displayed by bulimics. Factors from the different sections of the questionnaire were logically related. DISCUSSION There were some sex differences on beliefs about key cognitive and physical characteristics of the disorder as well as the importance of specialist interventions for the disorder. Females more than males endorsed the importance of specialist professional help over self-help interventions. Overall this sample seemed well informed about bulimia nervosa.
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Furnham A, Sarwar T. Beliefs about attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2011.624792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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