Stigma of mental illness, religious change, and explanatory models of mental illness among Jewish patients at a mental-health clinic in North Jerusalem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19504466 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel D Rosen (Mount Sinai Hospital, corresponding author), David Greenberg (0000-0002-8746-1410), David A Greenberg (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), James Schmeidler (0000-0002-2134-8984, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Gaby Shefler (0000-0002-6152-4559, Jerusalem Mental Health Center) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 193-209 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mental Health Religion & Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-4676 • E-ISSN: 1469-9737 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13674670701202945 |
| OpenAlex | W2114840544 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 24 |
During 3 months in 2004, 38 recent referrals to a Community Mental Health Clinic in North Jerusalem, a substantially Ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, were evaluated by the Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue. This questionnaire, which includes a 13-item scale measuring stigma towards mental illness, was adapted and translated into Hebrew. Patients with a more religious upbringing expressed a greater sense of stigma towards mental illness; however, patients who now had a more religious affiliation did not. The 14 patients who had experienced a religious change toward a more religious affiliation reported a lower level of stigma than the 24 non-returnees. Even when controlling for religious upbringing, the partial correlation between stigma score and religious change was significant. Stigma was lower among younger but not older returnees. Findings from this study support the hypothesis that a stigma of mental illness may be a deterrent to the use of a public mental-health clinic for religious Jews in Israel. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish patients (especially non-Hasidic) used a nonreligious explanatory model (perception and understanding) of mental illness more often than a religious explanatory model. This last finding could reflect a shift in the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities from a religious to a more medical and psychological explanatory model
Explanatory model · Hebrew · Judaism · Mental health · Mental illness · Perception · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 0,82 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |