Das Image von Psychologen, Psychotherapeuten und Psychiatern in der Öffentlichkeit

Abstract

Das Image von Psychologen, Psychotherapeuten und Psychiatern in der Öffentlichkeit Ein systematischer ForschungsüberblickÜbersicht "Psycho-Berufe" wie der des Psychologen, Psychotherapeuten (einschließlich des Psychoanalytikers) oder Psychiaters bzw. die Menschen, die diese Berufe ausüben, scheinen in der Öffentlichkeit starke und oft widersprüchliche Gefühle auszulösen. Die Öffentlichkeit reagiert auf sie z. T. mit Interesse und Respekt, z. T. aber auch mit Skepsis und Entwertung, der Unterstellung eigener psychischer Probleme allein aufgrund der Berufswahl sowie meist als Witz verkleideten Befürchtungen, z. B. eine Psychologin könne wohl mit Röntgenblick in einen hineinsehen. Manchmal neigen Menschen auch dazu, Bekannten, die sich als "Psychos" geoutet haben, plötzlich schwerwiegende Lebensprobleme zu erzählen, begleitet von einer quasitherapeutischen Hilfserwartung (

WPA guidance on how to combat stigmatization of psychiatry and psychiatrists

“…Perceived low prestige and low respect among other medical disciplines have been among the main reasons mentioned for not choosing psychiatry as a career 49,87,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111. In a recent survey of US medical students on medical specialties perceived as the object of bashing, psychiatry ranked third (39%) after family medicine and general internal medicine 112.…”

“…Financial aspects, such as low pay 49,87,92,99,106,107,109,116,121,122,123,124 and lack of government funding 103,125,126,127,128,129, also play a role in forming the image of psychiatry as a discipline. These financial drawbacks have an impact on attitudes of medical students in both clinical and research settings.…”

“…On the one hand, they are often perceived as “agents of repression” whose purpose it is to guarantee conformist behavior 244 and who can “see into people's minds” 18. It is sometimes suggested that psychiatrists do not really want to understand their patients and are hostile towards them 6,107. On the other hand, psychiatrists are sometimes perceived as oracles, diviners or loving saviors, with exaggerated expectations about treatment success and healing 244.…”

Are psychiatrists an endangered species? Observations on internal and external challenges to the profession

“…Every psychiatrist knows it and has experienced it: there is something special about our profession, in terms of how people view us. The portrayals of psychiatric treatments in films are rarely positive 89 and a number of stereotypes circulate about us, not least in jokes, such as the “nutty professor”, the “analyst” and the “aloof interrogator” 68–90. Some of these stereotypes might go back to a time when psychiatrists were still mainly working in large mental hospitals, away from normal life, and it was deemed that by this they become strange persons themselves and not very different from their patients 91.…”

Affiliate Stigma and Compassion Satisfaction Amongst Mental Health Service Providers at A Regional Psychiatric Hospital in Nigeria

“…8,9 Popular public (including the media) negative stereotypes of mental health service providers include the perception that they are, queer, abnormal, corrupt, evil, hostile towards their patients. 10 Other medical doctors and medical students perceives them as being somewhat different and more neurotic than other health professionals, 11,12 ascribe them low status, 13 and sometimes say 'psychiatrists must be crazy because they are able to deal with crazy people". 14 These predominantly negative images of mental health service providers could be experienced as directly discriminating and hurtful.…”