“…In this view, individuals with psychiatric problems are not categorically different from others; rather, continuum beliefs emphasize similarities between psychopathology and the ordinary distress to which everybody is vulnerable. There is a small but growing correlational literature that indicates that continuum beliefs are related to more positive and less negative emotional reactions, less desire for social distance, and weaker endorsement of damaging stereotypes (Angermeyer, Millier, Rémuzat, Refaï, Schomerus, & Toumi, 2014;Makowski, Mnich, Angermeyer, & von dem Knesebeck, 2016;Schlier, Scheunemann, & Lincoln, 2016;Schomerus, Matschinger, & Angermeyer, 2013;Thibodeau, 2016;Wiesjahn, Brabban, Jung, Gebauer, & Lincoln, 2014;Wiesjahn, Jung, Kremser, Rief, & Lincoln, 2016).…”