Public Conceptions of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Abuse, Their Causes and Treatments: Findings from the 1996 General Social Survey

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
J.A. Talbott
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Social Survey

Effects of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Abuse on Criminal Offenses

2006 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 879-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Junginger ◽  
Keith Claypoole ◽  
Ranilo Laygo ◽  
Annette Crisanti
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Criminal Offenses

When Do Biological Attributions of Mental Illness Reduce Stigma? Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis to Contextualize Attributions

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Andersson ◽  
Sarah K. Harkness
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Life Stressors ◽  
Biological Factors ◽  
Genetic Abnormality ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Biological Explanations ◽  
Chemical Imbalance

Individuals increasingly have encountered messages that mental illness is explained by biological factors such as chemical imbalance or genetic abnormality. Many assumed this “biological turn” would lessen stigma toward mental illness, but stigma generally has remained stable or even increased. Given how nonbiological illness explanations (e.g., way one is raised, bad character, life stressors) often are endorsed even among those who support biological explanations, we contend that combinations or configurations of beliefs integrating distinct types of explanation may hold a key to understanding why biological beliefs have not succeeded in lessening stigma. Using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) on national vignette data (2006 General Social Survey; N = 968), we find that not blaming an individual’s character is essential to lowering depression stigma whenever biological explanations also are endorsed and that blaming character unconditionally contributes to stigmatizing alcoholism. For schizophrenia and alcoholism, biological explanations may lower stigma contingent on several other beliefs.

In their own words: Trauma and substance abuse in the lives of formerly homeless women with serious mental illness.

2006 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah K. Padgett ◽  
Robert Leibson Hawkins ◽  
Courtney Abrams ◽  
Andrew Davis
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Homeless Women ◽  
Formerly Homeless
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