Who's to Blame? Partisanship, Responsibility, and Support for Mental Health Treatment

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2423930
AutoresChristin Munsch (0000-0002-8386-5661, University of Connecticut, autor correspondente), Liberty Barnes (University of Oregon), Zachary D Kline (0000-0003-4942-929X, University of Connecticut)
Ano2020
Volume6
Data de publicação2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2378-0231 • E-ISSN: 2378-0231
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2378023120921652
OpenAlexW3030756640
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas23

This article investigates partisan beliefs regarding attributions of responsibility for mental illness and support for mental health treatment. In study 1, we utilize a nationally representative data set to investigate these relationships with respect to generalized anxiety disorder. In study 2, we utilize an online convenience sample to assess these relationships in the context of schizophrenia. In both studies, Republicans were more likely than Democrats to attribute mental health disorders to factors that lie within patients' control and were less supportive of healthcare coverage. In addition, given the rhetorical, erroneous link between schizophrenia and gun violence, we assess participants' beliefs about gun control in the context of mental health. Paradoxically, we find that people who support gun rights for the mentally ill are the least likely to support healthcare coverage for the mentally ill. We discuss the implications of our findings for shaping U.S. gun debates

Anxiety · Attribution · Blame · Context (archaeology · Health care · Mental health · Mental illness · Political science · Psychiatry · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Set (abstract data type · Clinical Psychology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies