Attitudes toward the mentally ill and reactions to mental health facilities

Taylor, S. Martin; Dear, Michael; Hall, Gene E.

doi:10.1016/0160-8002(79)90051-0

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“…The Community Attitudes Towards Mental Illness scale is useful when assessing attitudes towards various aspects of mental illness although, once again, this instrument is interviewer-rated. 27 Crisp et al 5 used a Likert scale in a large UK survey for the Changing Minds campaign. However, this used interview questionnaires that are too costly and cumbersome for routine use in other projects, especially where selfcompletion questionnaires are necessary.…”

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Stigmatised attitudes in independent pharmacies associated with discrimination towards individuals with opioid dependence

Luty¹,

Kumar²,

Stagias³

2010

Psychiatrist

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Aims and methodDispensing of methadone to individuals with opioid dependence is a discretionary service and many independent pharmacies remain unwilling to do this. We aimed to determine whether there was any correlation between negative stigmatised attitude towards these individuals and the likelihood of methadone dispensing. The 20-point Attitude to Mental Illness Questionnaire (AMIQ) was used to assess stigmatised attitudes in a cluster randomised sample of managers of community pharmacies in England.ResultsThe response rate was 66%. The AMIQ stigma scores had a median difference of 1 and effect size of 0.42 in favour of those pharmacies which dispensed methadone (mean = 0.53; n = 138) compared with those who did not (mean = 0.93; n = 69; P <0.001).Clinical implicationsThe results show a clear behavioural distinction (discrimination) based on stigmatised attitudes towards individuals with opioid dependence. This may arise because managers with stigmatised attitudes refuse to dispense methadone to this group. Conversely, familiarity with these individuals may have a de-stigmatising effect.

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Section: Instruments For Measuring Stigmamentioning

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Stigmatised attitudes in independent pharmacies associated with discrimination towards individuals with opioid dependence

Luty¹,

Kumar²,

Stagias³

2010

Psychiatrist

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“…With the advent of community based care for people with severe mental illness, stigma scales had to switch their focus in order to address this new development in psychiatric care and the degree to which patients are accepted in the community. Congruent with this, Taylor and Dear 15 developed the Community Attitudes towards Mental Illness (CAMI) scale, a modified version of the OMI scale. However three out of four factors: namely, Authoritarianism, Benevolence and Social Restrictiveness, were identical to those of the OMI scale 16 and in line with this, the significant contribution of the scale is limited to the incorporation of the Community Ideology Mental Health factor.…”

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Measuring public attitudes to severe mental illness in Greece: Development of a new scale

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GREECE ABSTRACT -Background and Objectives:The purpose of the present study was to develop an attitudinal schedule, the Attitudes to Severe Mental Illness (ASMI) scale, which synthesizes elements from different conceptual frameworks of the field, while addressing gaps on the existing literature on stigma measurement.Methods: A national representative sample of 2039 adults from the general population was interviewed by telephone.Results: Factor analysis revealed 4 factors to underlie the data, namely "stereotyping" "optimism", "coping" and "understanding", which explained 67% of total variance. The instrument's face and predictive validity were also supported, while its internal consistency and test -retest reliability were found to be high for the overall scale and its factors.Conclusions: Consistent with these, the ASMI scale emerges as a valid and reliable tool for the assessment of attitudes towards severe mental illness, while it opens new directions for advancing scientific understanding of the topic.

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“…Nombreux sont les auteurs, en effet, qui tentent de comprendre la résistance des collectivités en fonction de préoccupations ou de valeurs plus ou moins communautaires dans ces collectivités (Ashmore, 1975;Gottlieb, 1975;Gottlieb et Strichart, 1981 ;Heal, Sigelman et Switzky, 1978;Moreau, Novak et Sigelman, 1980;Taylor, Dear et Hall, 1979). Malgré sa popularité, cette approche n'est pas probante.…”

Section: Service Social Vol 40 N° 3 1991unclassified

“…D'autres soutiennent que l'intolérance ne dépasse guère le stade de l'explosion verbale chez des minorités qui ne représentent pas l'ensemble des collectivités. Un troisième groupe d'auteurs prétendent que la résultante d'une réaction d'opposition ou d'intolérance dépend de la taille et de la structure organisationnelle du groupe d'opposition (Cupaiuolo, 1979;Dear et Taylor, 1982;Magnum, 1986;Taylor et a/., 1979).…”

Section: Service Social Vol 40 N° 3 1991unclassified

La recherche américaine sur l’intolérance des collectivités à l’endroit des ressources intermédiaires

Gendron¹,

Piat²

1991

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Attitudes toward the mentally ill and reactions to mental health facilities

Cited by 45 publications

References 16 publications

Stigmatised attitudes in independent pharmacies associated with discrimination towards individuals with opioid dependence

Stigmatised attitudes in independent pharmacies associated with discrimination towards individuals with opioid dependence

Measuring public attitudes to severe mental illness in Greece: Development of a new scale

La recherche américaine sur l’intolérance des collectivités à l’endroit des ressources intermédiaires

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