Moving The Mentally Ill Into The Community
The Problem Of Acceptance And The Effect Of Contact
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11228591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Penelope Cousens (corresponding author), June Crawford |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 196-207 |
| Publication date | 1988-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1988.tb01223.x |
| OpenAlex | W2278417424 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
Community acceptance of the mentally ill is fundamental to a successful change to community‐based care, now being implemented in New South Wales. This policy was based on an inquiry that viewed acceptance optimistically and postulated that contact with the mentally ill would be a favourable influence. The applicability of this extension of the ‘contact hypothesis’ from its original racial context is tested in one area of Sydney. The results indicate that the type of contact arising from community mental health facilities is not an effective catalyst of relevant attitude change, and suggest particular difficulties among the lower two socioeconomic classes
Context (archaeology · Environmental health · Geography · Mental health · Mental illness · Mentally ill · Political science · Project commissioning · Psychiatry · Publishing · Socioeconomic status · Community Health and Development · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Homelessness Problem
Scaling Community Attitudes Toward the Mentally Ill
A Comparative Study of the Psychiatric Nurses' Attitudes Towards Mental Patients
The development of a community mental health ideology scale
Contact hypothesis in ethnic relations
Opinions about mental illness in the personnel of two large mental hospitals
Neighborhood Types and Community Reaction to the Mentally Ill
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 1999 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |