Attitudes toward Successful Individuals with and without Histories of Psychiatric Hospitalization

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 495-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Stensrud ◽  
Kay Stensrud
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitalization ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Mental Patient ◽  
Attitudes Toward Mental Illness

Studies which have investigated attitudes toward mental illness invariably have found that distinct differences exist between subjects' attitudes toward normals and toward people considered mentally ill. Although much literature substantiates this point, little attention has been given to attitudes toward people who had been labeled mentally ill but who subsequently had demonstrated adjustment to a “normal” and successful life. The purpose of this study was to examine whether subjects perceived an ex-mental patient who subsequently had stabilized his disability and appeared to be a successfully adjusted normal as being different from someone who had roughly the same childhood and adolescent experiences but who had not been admitted for psychiatric treatment. An ex-patient was perceived as less internal, more controlled by chance and others.

Children's Attitudes toward Mental Illness as Assessed by the Opinions about Mental Illness Scale

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Franchot Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Elementary School Age ◽  
The Public ◽  
Children's Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Mental Illness ◽  
Opinions About Mental Illness

Research on attitudes toward mental illness held by the public, by mental health professionals and personnel, and by psychiatric patients and their families is substantial. Little attention has been given to children's attitudes toward mental illness and the mentally ill, so this exploratory-descriptive study examined the developmental trends of children's attitudes toward the mentally ill. An adaptation of the Opinions About Mental Illness Scale was given to 512 elementary school age children who were placed in Grades 2, 4, 6, and 8. It was determined that with increasing grade/age children took a less authoritarian attitude toward the mentally ill and viewed mentally ill persons as more like themselves. Children rook an increasingly parernalistic view of the mentally ill, were less likely to see mental illness as an illness like any other, perceived mental patients as less of a threat to society and needing fewer restrictions. Finally, with increasing age/grade children perceived mental illness as less likely attributable to inadequate, deprived or interpersonal experiences. Results were discussed in terms of a relatively increased “positive attitude” and the relative acceptance and rejection of the mentally ill.

scholarly journals Attitudes of psychiatry residents toward mental illness

2007 ◽  
Vol 60 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 382-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milica Pejovic-Milovancevic ◽  
Dusica Lecic-Tosevski ◽  
Lazar Tenjovic ◽  
Saveta Draganic-Gajic ◽  
George Christodoulou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatry Residents ◽  
Internal Medicine Residents ◽  
Attitudes Toward Mental Illness ◽  
Opinions About Mental Illness

Introduction. Attitudes of lay people and physicians towards mentally ill patients are frequently highly biased. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in attitudes of psychiatry and internal medicine residents toward mental illness and to establish the relationship between their attitudes and their personal characteristics. Material and methods. The sample consisted of 45 psychiatry and 36 internal medicine residents. The attitudes toward mental illness were assessed using Opinions about Mental Illness Questionnaire (OMI) and personality traits were examined using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). Results. Our findings showed that in regard to internal medicine residents, psychiatry residents do not consider mentally ill patients to be inferior and dangerous. Psychiatry residents have a benevolent attitude toward the mentally ill. Personality traits of psychiatry residents were not related to their opinions about mental illness. Discussion. The results suggest that there is a need to develop strategies that would bring about changes in the curriculum of training programs for medical residents, including proper training in mental health issues. Such strategies should help in destigmatization of persons with mental disorders and increase the competence of physicians to deal with mentally ill. .

scholarly journals Effects of a psychiatric clinical rotation on pharmacy students' attitudes toward mental illness and the provision of pharmaceutical care to the mentally ill

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 194-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall E. Cates ◽  
Thomas W. Woolley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Clinical Rotation ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Mental Illness ◽  
Attitudes Toward Suicide

Abstract Introduction: Previous studies have found ineffectiveness of psychiatric clinical rotations to change pharmacy students' attitudes toward mental illness, but those studies had various limitations that cast doubt on this conclusion. Methods: Pharmacy students who participated in a psychiatric clinical rotation over a 2-year time frame were invited to complete a survey at the beginning and end of their rotation. The survey included scales that measured attitudes toward dangerousness, social distance, stigmatization, suicide prevention, and provision of pharmaceutical care. Results: Forty-one (100%) students participated in the study. Statistically significant positive changes in total scale scores from pre-rotation to post-rotation were seen in the areas of stigmatization toward patients with schizophrenia (P = .02), attitudes toward suicide prevention (P = .05), and provision of pharmaceutical care services to patients with schizophrenia (P < .00001) and depression (P = .0006). There were no statistically significant changes on the total scores of the other scales, but there was a moderate improvement in stigmatization toward patients with depression. Discussion: Pharmacy students' participation in a psychiatric clinical rotation failed to have a major impact on their social distance from mentally ill patients. Findings were mixed in regards to stigmatization of mentally ill patients. However, pharmacy students' attitudes toward suicide prevention and providing pharmaceutical care services to mentally ill patients were significantly improved by participation in a psychiatric clinical rotation. Preceptors in the clinical setting should consider including educational techniques that address pharmacy students' attitudes toward mental illness, as improvement in such attitudes may further enhance their willingness to provide pharmaceutical care services.

scholarly journals Legal status of persons with mental illness in Serbia

2004 ◽  
Vol 132 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 448-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Jovanovic
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Moral Integrity ◽  
General Law ◽  
Legal Competence ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric

In this study, legal status of the mentally ill has been discussed in the context of Serbian legislation. The topics covered are the following: 1) the admission of persons with mental illness to psychiatric institution, 2) general (legal) competence, 3) marital relations of persons with mental illness, 4) legal definitions of sanity and security measures of medical character. Serbia still has no general law on mental health which would be in accordance with European standards, and the existing legislation which deals with the rights of persons with mental illness is, to a large extent, incomplete and obsolete. The author appeals for passing the law on mental health which should: a) follow modern trends in psychiatry concerning the protection of human rights with the basic goal to protect society and mentally ill persons, b) to protect the professional and moral integrity of psychiatrists, c) to provide ethically and professionally acceptable authorization for the use of force, if necessary, in order to prevent criminal acts and/or self-injuries in patients suffering from severe psychical disorders, d) to conceptualize forensic psychiatric treatment (the security measures, corrective psychiatry) and the programs of rehabilitation as an integral part of the community mental health protection system.

scholarly journals Attitudes toward mental illness, mentally ill persons, and help-seeking among the Saudi public and sociodemographic correlates

2019 ◽  
Vol Volume 12 ◽  
pp. 45-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa A. Abolfotouh ◽  
Adel Almutairi ◽  
Zainab Al Mutairi ◽  
Mahmoud Salam ◽  
Anwar Alhashem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Mentally Ill Persons ◽  
Sociodemographic Correlates ◽  
Attitudes Toward Mental Illness

scholarly journals Psychiatry and the dark side: eugenics, Nazi and Soviet psychiatry

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Luty
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
History Of Psychiatry ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Nazi Regime ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
Thomas Szasz

SummaryPsychiatrist Thomas Szasz fought coercion (compulsory detention) and denied that mental illness existed. Although he was regarded as a maverick, his ideas are much more plausible when one discovers that between 1939 and 1941, up to 100 000 mentally ill people, including 5000 children, were killed in Nazi Germany. In the course of the Nazi regime, over 400 000 forced sterilisations took place, mainly of people with mental illnesses. Other countries, including Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, had active forced sterilisation programmes and eugenics laws. Similar laws were implemented in the USA, with up to 25 000 forced sterilisations. These atrocities were enabled and facilitated by psychiatrists of the time and are only one example of the dark side of the profession. This article reviews some of these aspects of the history of psychiatry, including Germany's eugenics programme and the former USSR's detention of dissidents under the guise of psychiatric treatment.

Americans’ Attitudes toward Mental Illness and Involuntary Psychiatric Medication

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krysia N. Mossakowski ◽  
Lauren M. Kaplan ◽  
Terrence D. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Psychiatric Medication ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Mandated Treatment ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Attitudes Toward Mental Illness

This study uses data from the Mental Health Modules of the General Social Survey (1996 and 2006) to understand why some Americans endorse the involuntary use of psychiatric medication. Results indicated that in 1996 and 2006, 28 percent of Americans believed that people with mental illness should be forced by law to take psychiatric medication. The belief that people with mental illness are dangerous significantly contributed to Americans’ endorsement of this form of mandated treatment. Interestingly, the belief that mental illness is caused by stress increased the odds of support for mandated medication in 1996 and then reduced the odds of support in 2006. Moreover, stigmatizing preferences for social distance from those with mental illness were no longer contributing factors in 2006. It is still imperative, however, that public policy makers promote anti-stigma initiatives to reduce barriers to psychiatric treatment and counteract the public’s lingering fear of people with mental illness.

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