A behavioral study of staff attitudes toward mental illness.

Ellsworth, Robert B.

doi:10.1037/h0022132

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“…Attributes such as staff burnout (Maslach and Jackson 1982;Schulz et al 1995), individual attitudes about mental illness (Antonak and Livneh 1988;Byrne et al 2005Byrne et al , 2008Ellsworth 1965;Krauft et al 1976;Murray and Steffen 1999;Nordt et al 2006;Rabkin 1975), attitudes about recovery (Chinman et al 2003;Borkin et al 2000), stigma (Corrigan 1998;Link 1982;Rosenfield 1997) and provider expectations and hope (Burton 1972;Frank 1971) may moderate client functioning and outcomes by affecting an individual's concept of his/her self and/or elements of the treatment process. For example, Villano et al (2005) found that clinicians' beliefs about dually-diagnosed clients' capacity for recovery was associated with less frequent referrals to self-help groups.…”

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The Relationship Between Case Manager Expectations and Outcomes of Persons Diagnosed with Schizophrenia

O’Connell¹,

Stein

2010

Community Ment Health J

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The present study examined the relationship between case managers' expectations about the abilities of persons diagnosed with schizophrenia and the outcomes (as indicated via chart review) of a randomly selected sample of clients diagnosed with schizophrenia on their caseload. Results indicate that clients of case managers with higher expectations averaged significantly more months of progress in employment than clients of case managers with lower expectations. Case manager expectations were also better predictors of the number of days employed than other case manager and consumer characteristics, however the type of expectation was a critical determinant of the direction of the effect. Case manager expectations were not related to outcomes in living situation.

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The Relationship Between Case Manager Expectations and Outcomes of Persons Diagnosed with Schizophrenia

O’Connell¹,

Stein

2010

Community Ment Health J

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“…On two (Authoritarianism and Social Restrictiveness) clinical psychology and social work clustered apart from law whereas on Conventional Restriction, Accountability, and Protective Benevolence, law and clinical psychology tended to cluster apart from social work. Of particular note in the present study was the finding that the disciplines clustered differently on the original scales than on Ellsworth's (1965) additional factors. Thus not only do Ellsworth's factors represent different constructs in a statistical sense but were differentially related to discipline, a finding that suggests clinical independence as well.…”

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“…The OMI was developed originally by Cohen and Struening (1962) to measure attitudes toward mental illness on five factors. Ellsworth (1965) added several items which led to three additional factors.…”

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Attitudes toward the mentally ill and community care among professionals and their students

Mangum

Mitchell

1973

Community Ment Health J

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The primary purpose of the present study was to compare the attitudes of three relevant professional groups (clinical psychology, law, and social work) and their students toward the mentally ill and community care of the mentally ill. An assumption underlying the present investigation is that if the mentally ill are to be cared for effectively in the community, relevant professional groups must share certain attitudes toward the mentally ill and community care that are basically humanistic and tolerant. It is our contention that such care will be disrupted if both conditions do not prevail in the community; that is, mental health attitudes must be enlightened and shared by key professional and citizen groups.As a first step, the focus in the present study was on academic faculties and students at a major southeastern land-grant university. Although it is likely that university-based groups hold more liberal attitudes generally than persons in the community, the present focus was chosen because these data are essential to comparisons with community groups that will be made in later studies.

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“…Since there were 7 units, 6 occupations and two agency types, there were 84 groups in total. The study population is shown in Table 1.…”

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“…However evidence has been presented that there is a relationship between professional judgment of health workers' performance and health workers' attitudes( 5 ) and patient judgment of health workers' performance and health workers' attitudes ( 6 ). As a component of the baseline evaluation study, opinions about mental illness of the health workers were obtained for subsequent analysis and definition of the relationship between attitudes, process and outcomes.…”

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Patient Care and Health Provider Attitudes in Alaska

Berg

Miller

Helmick

et al. 1978

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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As part of an overall evaluation of the Alaska Health System's response to the problem of alcoholism, the attitudes of all levels of health providers toward mental health problems were examined. The evaluation instrument was the Opinions About Mental Illness Scale developed by Cohen and Struening. Health workers from physicians to paraprofessional aides were tested and the results scored and compared. Results were examined in relation to geography, discipline and other factors. They were then considered in relation to such things as treatment outcome, selection of workers and possible training programmes.

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A behavioral study of staff attitudes toward mental illness.

Cited by 84 publications

References 8 publications

The Relationship Between Case Manager Expectations and Outcomes of Persons Diagnosed with Schizophrenia

The Relationship Between Case Manager Expectations and Outcomes of Persons Diagnosed with Schizophrenia

Attitudes toward the mentally ill and community care among professionals and their students

Patient Care and Health Provider Attitudes in Alaska

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