Attitudes to depression and psychiatric medication amid the enduring financial crisis in Attica: Comparison between 2009 and 2014

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 479-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Economou ◽  
Lily Evangelia Peppou ◽  
Kyriakos Souliotis ◽  
Helen Lazaratou ◽  
Konstantinos Kontoangelos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Potential Interaction ◽  
Psychiatric Medication ◽  
Negative Change ◽  
Personal Stigma

Background: Only a handful of studies have explored the effect of the financial crisis on public attitudes to mental illness. Aims: This study examines changes in lay attitudes to depression and psychiatric medication between 2009 and 2014 in Attica region. Furthermore, it explored a potential interaction with employment status. Methods: Data were drawn from two surveys conducted in 2009 and 2014 using the same sampling procedure, interview mode, and survey instrument. Specifically, a random and representative sample of 586 people was recruited in 2009 and of 604 in 2014. Attitudes to depression were measured by the Personal Stigma subscale of the Depression Stigma Scale and attitudes to psychiatric medication by a self-constructed scale with good psychometric properties. Data collection occurred via telephone. Results: There has been no overall change in lay attitudes to depression. Nonetheless, a positive change was recorded with regard to the belief that depression is a sign of personal weakness and a negative change with respect to people with depression being dangerous. Attitudes to psychiatric medication have worsened during the study period. Employment status was not found to interact with the survey year. Conclusion: Anti-stigma efforts should be tailored on counteracting the dangerousness stereotype, while they should prioritize targeting attitudes to psychiatric medication

Economic Distress in Families with a Member Suffering from Severe Mental Illness: Illness Burden or Financial Crisis? Evidence from Greece

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Palli ◽  
Lily Evangelia Peppou ◽  
Marina Economou ◽  
Konstantinos Kontoangelos ◽  
Kyriakos Souliotis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Illness Burden ◽  
Economic Distress

Stigma and its impact on help-seeking for mental disorders: what do we know?

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Schomerus ◽  
Matthias C. Angermeyer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Professional Help ◽  
Promising Target ◽  
Individual Discrimination ◽  
Stigma Of Mental Illness ◽  
Seeking Help

SummaryAims – Many people suffering from serious mental illness do not seek appropriate medical help. The stigma of mental illness has often been considered a potential cause for reluctance in seeking help. We review recent evidence on this topic. Methods – Narrative review of the recent literature on stigma and helpseeking for psychiatric disorders. Results – There is proof of a particular stigma attached to seeking help for a mental problem. Anticipated individual discrimination and discrimination qua self-stigmatisation are associated with a reduced readiness to seek professional help for mental disorders. Intervention studies show that destigmatisation may lead to increased readiness to seek professional help, but other aspects like knowledge about mental diseases seem to be at least as important. The belief that seeking help for a mental health problem is actually helpful has been shown to be at the core of help-seeking intentions and thus offers a promising target for information programmes. Population based time-trend studies show that public attitudes towards help-seeking have improved over the last decade. Discussion – The relationship between help-seeking intentions and actual help-seeking needs further exploration. While many studies have been able to relate attitudes to intentions, predicting actual help-seeking has proved more difficult.Declaration of Interest: None.

scholarly journals Public attitudes towards people with mental illness in England and Scotland, 1994–2003

2009 ◽  
Vol 194 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nisha Mehta ◽  
Aliya Kassam ◽  
Morven Leese ◽  
Georgia Butler ◽  
Graham Thornicroft
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Health Attitudes ◽  
Significant Deterioration ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Quota Sampling

BackgroundUnderstanding trends in public attitudes towards people with mental illness informs the assessment of ongoing severity of stigma and evaluation of anti-stigma campaigns.AimsTo analyse trends in public attitudes towards people with mental illness in England and Scotland using Department of Health Attitudes to Mental Illness Surveys, 1994–2003.MethodWe analysed trends in attitudes for 2000 respondents in each survey year (6000 respondents in 1996 and 1997) using quota sampling methods and the adapted Community Attitudes Toward the Mentally Ill scale.ResultsComparing 2000 and 2003, there was significant deterioration for 17/25 items in England and for 4/25 items in Scotland. Neither country showed significant improvements in items between 2000 and 2003.ConclusionsPublic attitudes towards people with mental illness in England and Scotland became less positive during 1994–2003, especially in 2000–2003, and to a greater extent in England. The results are consistent with early positive effects for the ‘see me’ anti-stigma campaign in Scotland.

scholarly journals Shame, perceived knowledge and satisfaction associated with mental health as predictors of attitude patterns towards help-seeking

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Rüsch ◽  
M. Müller ◽  
V. Ajdacic-Gross ◽  
S. Rodgers ◽  
P.W. Corrigan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Mental Health Service Use ◽  
Psychiatric Medication ◽  
Perceived Knowledge ◽  
Professional Help

Aims.To examine stigma- and knowledge-related barriers to help-seeking among members of the general population.Methods.In a representative survey of young to middle-aged Swiss adults (n = 8875), shame about a potential own mental illness, perceived knowledge about and satisfaction with one's mental health, psychiatric symptoms and attitudes towards help-seeking were assessed.Results.A latent profile analysis of all participants yielded two groups with different attitudes towards help-seeking. Relative to the majority, a one-in-four subgroup endorsed more negative attitudes towards seeking professional help, including psychiatric medication, and was characterized by more shame, less perceived knowledge, higher satisfaction with their mental health, younger age, male gender and lower education. Among participants with high symptom levels (n = 855), a third subgroup was reluctant to seek help in their private environment and characterized by high symptoms as well as low satisfaction with their mental health.Conclusions.Shame as an emotional proxy of self-stigma as well as poor subjective mental health literacy may be independent barriers to help-seeking. Interventions to increase mental health service use could focus on both variables and on those individuals with more negative views about professional help, in the general public as well as among people with a current mental illness.

Attitudes towards depression, psychiatric medication and help-seeking intentions amid financial crisis: Findings from Athens area

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Economou ◽  
Joanna Despina Bergiannaki ◽  
Lily Evangelia Peppou ◽  
Ismini Karayanni ◽  
George Skalkotos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Psychiatric Medication ◽  
Athens Area

A mixed-mode approach to data collection: combining web and paper questionnaires to examine nurses’ attitudes to mental illness

2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (7) ◽  
pp. 1623-1632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veslemøy Guise ◽  
Mary Chambers ◽  
Maritta Välimäki ◽  
Pekka Makkonen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Mixed Mode

scholarly journals Analisis Faktor Predisposing Terhadap Pemanfaatan Posyandu Balita di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Tegal Binangun Kota Palembang

2021 ◽  
pp. 181-190
Author(s):  
Citrasari Syarkowi ◽  
Misnaniarti Misnaniarti ◽  
M. Zulkarnain
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Maternal Employment ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Children Under Five ◽  
Public Health Center ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Level Variable

Background: The proportion of Posyandu utilization by infants decreases with age of the child. Tegal Binangun Puskesmas has the lowest coverage of posyandu visits (D / S), amounting to 66.30% of 41 puskesmas in Palembang..Methods: An analytical research was conducted with cross sectional design in December 2019 - February 2020. The population of the study was 1,909 children under five years old in the working area of Tegal Binangun Public Health Center in Palembang. The research sample was mothers of toddlers 12 - 59 months in the working area of the Tegal Binangun Public Health Center in Palembang. 189 samples were selected by proportional random sampling. Data collection instruments are data collection papers that contain research variables. Data is taken from questionnaires about respondents' predisposing factors and direct observation of posyandu register books and KIA books. Data were analyzed using chi-square and logistic regression.Result: 153 respondents (81%) with low use of posyandu (0 - 7 times). Statistical tests showed that the age variable <30 years (p = 001. PR = 3,464), variable number of children under five (p = 0.041, PR = 3.509), under five age variables (p = 0.029, PR = 2.806), mother employment status variable ( p = 0.030, PR = 4.675), the mother's last education variable (p = 0.033, PR = 2,421), the mother's knowledge level variable (p = 0,000, PR = 9,100), and the mother's attitude variable (p = 0.005, PR = 3,077) . The knowledge level variable is the most dominant variable influencing the use of posyandu by toddlers aged 12-59 months. The researcher suggests that increasing the participation of all sectors in optimizing the implementation of posyandu.Conclusion : There is a relationship between maternal age, number of toddlers, toddler age, maternal employment status, last education, mother's level of knowledge and mother's attitude towards the use of posyandu

scholarly journals Socioeconomic gradients and mental health: implications for public health

2015 ◽  
Vol 206 (6) ◽  
pp. 461-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Stewart-Brown ◽  
Preshila Chandimali Samaraweera ◽  
Frances Taggart ◽  
Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala ◽  
Saverio Stranges
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Linear Trend ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Odds Ratios ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Mental Well Being

BackgroundResearch on mental well-being is relatively new and studies of its determinants are rare.AimsTo investigate whether the socioeconomic correlates of mental well-being mirror those for mental illness.MethodUsing logistic regression analyses, the independent odds ratios of high and low mental well-being, compared with middle-range mental well-being, were estimated for a number of sociodemographic variables known to be associated with mental illness from 13 983 participants in the 2010 and 2011 Health Surveys for England.ResultsIndependent odds ratios for low mental well-being were as expected from studies of mental illness with increased odds for the unemployed (OR = 1.46, 95% CI 1.01–2.10) and those aged 35–54 years (OR = 1.58, 95% CI 1.35–1.84) and reduced odds for the married (OR = 0.78, 95% CI 0.62–0.97). A linear trend was observed with education and equivalised income. Odds ratios for high mental well-being differed from those for low mental well-being with regard to age (55+ years: OR = 1.48, 95% CI 1.23–1.79); employment status where there was an association only with retirement (OR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.09–1.69); education where there was no association; and equivalised income for which the association was non-linear.ConclusionsOdds ratios for low mental well-being mirrored those for mental illness, but not those for high mental well-being, suggesting that the socioeconomic factors associated with positive mental health are different from those associated with mental illness.

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