Matthias C Angermeyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 96334 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthias C Angermeyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthias C |
| FAMILY NAME | Angermeyer |
| SIGNATURE | ANGERMEYER M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leipzig University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 59 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 114 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 58 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Exploring the stigma of mental illness in life worlds of different economic pressure
Introduction Little is known about how differences in economic pressure in life worlds shape understandings of mental illness and stigmatization toward people with mental illness. Methods We conducted an explorative study using five focus groups with three to five participants selected through purposive theoretical sampling. Each focus group represented a different life world (operationalized through shared occupational and sociopolitical life go…
Stigmatization of people with mental illness – a matter of milieu-specific worldviews? Results from a population-based survey in Germany
Our findings suggest that socio-cultural and socioeconomic dimensions of the society can be used for both describing heterogeneous societies and illuminating the underlying social structure of stigma. In addition to making blind spots more visible (i.e., schizophrenia), milieu-specific knowledge could be useful in deciding which intervention components are most appropriate for which milieu groups and how to apply them successfully
Cognitive frames of depression and their association with accessibility to mental health communication
Introduction Depression is a globally prevalent mental disorder; however, the stigmatization of individuals experiencing depression remains a significant challenge. The effectiveness of mental health promotion efforts and anti-stigma messages is contingent upon individuals' existing beliefs and the stigmatizing potential of their attitudes. Thus, understanding how individuals perceive mental disorders such as depression, as well as their communic…
Self- and surrogate-seeking of information about mental health and illness in Germany
Our study provides insights into the public's mental health information orientation. The findings may particularly guide strategies to improve mental health awareness and fill knowledge gaps in supporting informed decision-making and reducing stigma. Surrogate seekers appear to be an important and distinctive target group for mental health information provision. Depending on whether one wants to promote surrogate- or self-seeking seekers, differe…
Association of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption with Depression Severity in the Oldest Old. Results from the Age Different Old Age Cohort Platform
This study aimed to examine the association of alcohol and tobacco use with severity of depression in older age. Analyses were performed on a pooled data set (n = 3724) from two German old-age cohort studies (LEILA 75+, 6 follow-ups and AgeCoDe/AgeQualiDe, 9 follow-ups). Depressive symptoms were assessed via two screening scales for depression (CES-D and GDS-15) which were harmonized for pooled analysis. A mixed-effects linear regression model fo…
Are informal family caregivers stigmatized differently based on their gender or employment status
This study's findings indicate that gender and working status of the perceived informal caregivers are of relevance to the public stigma directed towards these caregivers. Male and non-working informal caregivers were shown more public stigma than female and working informal caregivers. Thus, interventions to reduce public stigma, in particular towards male and non-working caregivers, are recommended
Mental health care in Italy
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The purpose is to highlight the legal and ethical principles that inspired the reform of mental health care in Italy, the only country to have closed its psychiatric hospitals. The article will also try to verify some macro-indicators of the quality of care and discuss the crisis that the mental health care system in Italy is experiencing. METHODS: Narrative review. RESULTS: The principal changes in the legislation on mental …
Stigma of Mental Illness in Germans and Turkish Immigrants in Germany
Background: Stigma poses an additional burden for people suffering from mental illness, one that often impairs their social participation and can prevent them from seeking adequate help. It is therefore crucial to understand how stigma develops in order to counteract it by setting up effective evidence-based anti-stigma interventions. The present study examines the effect of causal beliefs on stigmatizing behavioral intentions, namely people's de…
Public attitude towards restrictions on persons with mental illness in greater Hanoi area, Vietnam
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the need to protect human rights in psychiatry. Within the last years, considerable effort has been made to reduce restrictive measures in mental health settings. Reducing restrictive measures within mental health care has also moved increasingly into the focus of public debate. This study aims, for the first time in a Southeast Asian sample, to explore whether socio-demo…
Influence of urbanity on perception of mental illness stigma
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: To examine, for the first time in Vietnam, whether urbanity of respondents among other socio-demographic factors affects the public perception of stigma attached to persons with mental illness in Hanoi. METHODS: A general population-based survey was carried out in 2013 in the greater Hanoi area. The perception of stigma attached to people with mental illness was elicited using Link's perceived discrimination and devaluation s…
Continuum beliefs and attitudes towards people with mental illness
BACKGROUND: Whether mental disorders should be considered as categorical or dimensional has found increasing attention among mental health professionals. Only little is known about what the public thinks about this issue. AIMS: First, to assess how prevalent the belief in a continuum of symptoms from mental health to mental illness is among the general public. Second, to examine how continuum beliefs are associated with attitudes towards people w…
The association of BMI and social distance towards obese individuals is mediated by sympathy and understanding
Education and the public’s desire for social distance from people with depression and schizophrenia
BACKGROUND: Association between education and desire for social distance from people with mental illness is unclear. AIMS: (1) Is there an association between education and social distance from people with a depression or schizophrenia? (2) Can this association be explained by beliefs about causes of and emotional reactions to the mental disorders? (3) Are there differences between the two mental disorders? METHODS: Analyses are based on a teleph…
Recommendations of the Sardinian public for the treatment of depression
BACKGROUND: Public beliefs about appropriate treatment impact, help-seeking and treatment adherence. AIM: To determine the recommendations of the Sardinian public for the treatment of depression. METHODS: In 2012, a population-based survey was conducted by phone in Sardinia (N = 1,200). In the context of a fully structured interview, respondents were presented with a vignette depicting a case of depression. Subsequently, they were asked about the…
The Triumph of the DSM and Patient-Centered Psychiatry
Public attitudes regarding individual and structural discrimination
The Prevalence and Correlates of Binge Eating Disorder in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys
Outcomes of discharged females versus those waiting for discharge from Vlore Psychiatric Hospital (Albania)
BACKGROUND: This study examines the psychosocial outcomes of women discharged from the Vlore Psychiatric Hospital in Albania. METHODS: The study was designed as a controlled, not randomized, follow-up study. It included 16 women diagnosed with psychosis who were discharged from a psychiatric hospital to live in group homes in the community. The control group included 20 women diagnosed with psychosis who lived at the psychiatric hospital while aw…
What to do about depression? Self-help recommendations of the public
Background: While help-seeking and treatment preferences for depression have been assessed in a number of population studies, little is known about the public’s self-help beliefs. Aims: To explore public beliefs about self-help actions to be taken in case of depression. Methods: In spring 2009, a population-based survey was conducted by telephone in the city of Vienna. A fully structured interview was carried out, which began with the presentatio…
Biogenetic explanations and public acceptance of mental illness
P1-224 Impact of impairment in instrumental activities of daily living and mild cognitive impairment on time to incident dementia
Background Early diagnosis of dementia requires knowledge about associated predictors. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and impairment in instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) on the time to an incident dementia diagnosis. Methods Data were derived from the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA75+), a population-based study of individuals aged 75 years and older. Kaplan-Meier su…
Twelve-Month Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys
OBJECTIVE: Although suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, clinicians and researchers lack a data-driven method to assess the risk of suicide attempts. This study reports the results of an analysis of a large cross-national epidemiologic survey database that estimates the 12-month prevalence of suicidal behaviors, identifies risk factors for suicide attempts, and combines these factors to create a risk index for 12-month suicide attempts …
Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
BACKGROUND: Although significant associations of childhood adversities with adult mental disorders are widely documented, most studies focus on single childhood adversities predicting single disorders. AIMS: To examine joint associations of 12 childhood adversities with first onset of 20 DSM-IV disorders in World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys in 21 countries. METHOD: Nationally or regionally representative surveys of 51 945 adults assessed childhoo…
Chronic Physical Conditions and Their Association With First Onset of Suicidal Behavior in the World Mental Health Surveys
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of a range of temporally prior physical conditions with the subsequent first onset of suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts in large, general population, cross-national sample. The associations between physical conditions and suicidal behavior remain unclear due to sparse data and varied methodology. METHODS: Predictive associations between 13 temporally prior physical conditions and first onset of suici…
Cross-National Analysis of the Associations among Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behavior
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide. Mental disorders are among the strongest predictors of suicide; however, little is known about which disorders are uniquely predictive of suicidal behavior, the extent to which disorders predict suicide attempts beyond their association with suicidal thoughts, and whether these associations are similar across developed and developing countries. This study was designed to test each of thes…
Subjective experiences of stigma. A focus group study of schizophrenic patients, their relatives and mental health professionals
The effect of violent attacks by schizophrenic persons on the attitude of the public towards the mentally ill
The monthly and weekly distribution of suicide
Public attitudes regarding individual and structural discrimination
Indicators of empowerment and disempowerment in the subjective evaluation of the psychiatric treatment process by persons with severe and persistent mental illness
The association of BMI and social distance towards obese individuals is mediated by sympathy and understanding
Birthday and date of death
The relation between birthday and date of death has so far been studied from two different perspectives: birthdays were either conceived of as emotionally invested deadlines motivating people to ward off their death which causes a 'dip' in death rates before their birthday, or they were considered as stressful events leading to an increase of mortality on or after their birthday. Using a collection of biographies of famous people from the whole w…
Congruence of personality assessments within families with a schizophrenic son
Following the phenomenological approach to interaction in psychiatrically disturbed families a personality questionnaire (‘Giessen Test’) was used to assess the views three family members (father, mother, son) had of themselves and of each other. These views may be regarded as quite stable results of interaction processes, so that conclusions about family interaction patterns may be drawn from the level of concordance of any two of them. Comparis…
The monthly and weekly distribution of suicide
Birthday and date of death
The relation between birthday and date of death has so far been studied from two different perspectives: birthdays were either conceived of as emotionally invested deadlines motivating people to ward off their death which causes a 'dip' in death rates before their birthday, or they were considered as stressful events leading to an increase of mortality on or after their birthday. Using a collection of biographies of famous people from the whole w…
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The effect of violent attacks by schizophrenic persons on the attitude of the public towards the mentally ill
Social networks and service utilisation in patients with severe mental illness
In a seminal study, Elizabeth Bott (1957) investigated relationships between family roles and social networks in a small group of families in London. The author was an anthropologist, and the field of social network research, in psychiatry, has received major input from methods of social anthropology. Tolsdorf (1976) investigated social networks of patients with schizophrenia. Since then, many studies have focused different aspects of social netw…
Gender and Attitudes Towards People With Schizophrenia. Results of a Representative Survey in the Federal Republic of Germany
Based on the observation that the course of schizophrenia appears to be more unfavourable in men than in women, we examined whether male sufferers are exposed to more negative and less positive emotional reactions and are met with a greater amount of rejection by their environment than their female counterparts. Data from a representative survey conducted in the 'old' Federal Republic of Germany during 1990 did not yield the expected gender diffe…
Emil Kraepelin's years at Dorpat as professor of psychiatry in nineteenth-century Russia
Quality of Life — as Defined By Schizophrenic Patients and Psychiatrists
The aim of the study is to explore what schizophrenic patients understand by quality of life and what psychiatrists think quality of life may be like for schizophrenic patients. A survey was carried out among schizophrenic patients and psychiatrists from the whole of Germany. There are similarities and differences between the two: while both schizophrenic patients and psychiatrists recognised the importance of work, social relationships, family a…
The stigma of mental illness
Objective: Aim of the study is to examine the impact of labelling on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia and major depression. Method: In Spring 2001, a representative survey was carried out in Germany involving adults of German nationality ( n = 5025). Results: Labelling as mental illness has an impact on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia, with negative effects clearly outweighing positive effects. Endorsing the s…
Public beliefs about schizophrenia and depression
Indicators of empowerment and disempowerment in the subjective evaluation of the psychiatric treatment process by persons with severe and persistent mental illness
Subjective experiences of stigma. A focus group study of schizophrenic patients, their relatives and mental health professionals
The European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (EsemeD) project
Familiarity with mental illness and social distance from people with schizophrenia and major depression
The Stigma of Mental Illness
Background: There are studies that either deal with the stigmatization patients anticipate or with patients’ concrete stigmatization experiences. Up until now, however, research is short of studies that investigate both aspects of subjective stigmatization simultaneously. Aims: This study aims at investigating to what extent patients with schizophrenia or depression anticipate and experience stigmatization and how this is influenced by the type o…
Mental illness stigma
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 consequences for individuals with mental illness. After a conceptual overview of stigma we discuss two leading concepts of mental illness stigma and consequences of stigma, focussing on self-stigma/empowerment and fear of stigma as a barrier to using health services. Finally, …
The Stigma of Mental Illness in Germany
Background: While there are some indications that the mental health literacy of the public has improved within recent years, the findings concerning its attitudes towards the mentally ill are quite inconsistent. Aims: The aim of this study is to examine whether any changes have taken place inGermany over the last decade regarding the stigmatisation ofmentally ill people. Method: In 2001, a representative population survey was carried out among th…
The effects of antipsychotic treatment on quality of life of schizophrenic patients under naturalistic treatment conditions
What Is Schizophrenia? Secondary School Students' Associations With the Word and Sources of Information About the Illness
Young people are generally assumed to be less prejudiced toward people with schizophrenia than are adults. This article presents findings from a survey of 293 secondary school students in Germany, exploring their associations with the word schizophrenia and sources of information. Results indicate that the majority of young people appear either rather well informed or totally lacking information about schizophrenia. Findings are discussed in view…
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The Relationship between Biogenetic Causal Explanations and Social Distance toward People with Mental Disorders
Aims: Several studies have found an inverse relationship between people's readiness to endorse biogenetic causal explanations of mental disorder and their desire for social distance from people with mental disorders. The aim of this study is to examine why this may be the case. Method: In the spring of 2001, a population survey was carried out among German citizens aged 18 years and older, living in private households. A total of 5025 interviews …
Quality of Life of Spouses of Mentally Ill People
Background: Spouses of people with mental disorder experience various forms of objective and subjective burden. This should negatively affect their quality of life. However, until now no single study has addressed this question. Aims: To investigate the quality of life of spouses of people with schizophrenia, depression or anxiety disorders. Method: Spouses of patients suffering from schizophrenia (n 1 /4 45), depression (n 1 /4 49) and anxiety d…
Heavy Use of Psychiatric Inpatient Care from the Perspective of the Patients Affected
Background: Patients who spend an above-average amount of time in inpatient care are termed heavy users. Up to this point, very little has been known about what drives these patients to their heavy use of inpatient treatment. Aim: For this reason, the present study investigates the causes for frequent inpatient admissions of heavy users from the perspective of the patients affected. Methods: Twenty heavy users who were identified in a quantitativ…
Use of mental health services for anxiety, mood, and substance disorders in 17 countries in the WHO world mental health surveys
Psychiatry (48 works) · Medicine (46 works) · Psychology (41 works) · Mental health (37 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (33 works) · Clinical Psychology (27 works) · Mental illness (21 works) · Population (20 works) · Schizophrenia research and treatment (18 works) · Environmental health (16 works)