Mental Illness Stigma, Help Seeking, and Public Health Programs

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ID11019727
AutoresClaire Henderson (0000-0002-6998-5659, Claire Henderson, Sara Evans-Lacko, and Graham Thornicroft are with the Health Service and Population Research Department, King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.), Sara Evans-Lacko (0000-0003-4691-2630, Claire Henderson, Sara Evans-Lacko, and Graham Thornicroft are with the Health Service and Population Research Department, King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.), Graham Thornicroft (0000-0003-0662-0879, Claire Henderson, Sara Evans-Lacko, and Graham Thornicroft are with the Health Service and Population Research Department, King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.)
Ano2013
Volume103
Fascículo5
Páginas777-780
Data de publicação2013-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.301056
PMID23488489
PMCIDPMC3698814
OpenAlexW2153625321
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas158
Referências citadas34

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 anti-stigma campaigns could lead to increased levels of help seeking

Family medicine · Help-seeking · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Ignorance · Mental health · Mental illness · Prejudice (legal term) · Psychiatry · Public health · Social stigma · Stigma (botany) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Nursing · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment · Social Psychology