Attitude of interns towards mental illness and psychiatry: A study from two medical colleges in South India

Self-Stigma Experiences Among Older Adults with Mental Health Problems Residing in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Qualitative Study

“…Indeed, participants' unwillingness to socially interact with older adults experiencing mental illness emerged as a key theme to emerge in our analysis. In addition to Q8 the "why try" effect and the potential desire to conceal one's own mental health difficulties, this may be due to the fear residents hold towards their peers, a fear rooted in the stigmatising perceptions of potential violence and uncontrollability (Economou et al, 2012;Kodakandla, Nasirabadi, & Pasha, 2016). Such perceptions were also identified within the analysis, with residents' viewing their peers as being violent and uncontrollable.…”

Stigma associated with mental health problems among young people in India: a systematic review of magnitude, manifestations and recommendations

“…Some of these studies included surveys with specific items/ scales measuring anxiety, panic disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, and stress which are specific disorders/conditions. Stigma-related outcomes were measured using the Guttman social distance scale, [34,51] Attitude To Psychiatry-29 [42,45] and 30, [38] SUIATT questionnaire, [41] Opinions about Mental Illness, [42,60] Beliefs towards Mental Illness scale, [45] and the Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (ASMI) [34,51]. Other studies reported developing their own survey questionnaires.…”

“…A significant majority of participants in some studies believed that people with a mental disorder can never recover [36,37,45]. One study suggests that in the Indian context, social distance was determined to a greater degree by lack of knowledge about recovery rather than perceived unpredictability or dangerousness [36].…”

“…Negative perceptions that people living with mental illness are unable to control the problem, and are likely to be dangerous, violent, criminal or unpredictable was held by more than 70% of youth in four studies reporting these outcomes [44,45,52,60]. Beliefs that people with mental illness are cowards, [41] lack willpower, [49] are difficult to like [64] and are to blame for their problems [36,37] were found in several studies.…”

“…Where substance use was involved, people with mental illness were labelled 'bad' and were expected to overcome their problem through will power [49]. The responsibility of work and social roles was deemed too difficult for people with mental illness by 41%, [52] 71% [50] and 63% [45] of youth in three studies. A study suggested that youth believed that people with mental illness could only be given work with minor responsibilities [45].…”