Determining Factors and the Effects of Attitudes towards Psychotropic Medication

Public beliefs about and attitudes towards people with mental illness: a review of population studies

“…Articles reporting descriptive data on public beliefs about mental illness and attitudes towards people with mental illness made up the lion's share (10–19, 21, 22, 26–32, 34, 36, 40–45, 47–55, 58–65, 67, 69, 73–86, 89–95, 98–109, 111–113). In contrast, articles devoted to testing of theory‐based models of the stigmatization of mentally ill people (33, 35, 37–39, 72, 109) were rare.…”

Public Attitudes, Lay Theories and Mental Health Literacy: The Understanding of Mental Health

“…Lay theories about the treatment of mental disorders show marked differences from current practices in the mental health service, which involve drug treatment for mental disorders and/or psychotherapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). It has been found that lay people generally prefer psychotherapy to drug treatment Angermeyer & Dietrich, 2006) due to the perceived side effects (Angermeyer, Daumer, & Matschinger, 1993;Priest, Vize, Roberts, Roberts & Tylee, 1996;Fischer, Goerg, Zbinden, & Guimon, 1999). There is also a common lay belief that 'will power' can effectively facilitate recovery from mental disorders (Knapp & Delprato, 1980), such as agoraphobia and anorexia nervosa (Furnham & Henley, 1988).…”

Lay Theories of Bipolar Disorder: the Causes, Manifestations and Cures for Perceived Bipolar Disorder

“…Lay theories about the treatment of mental disorders show marked differences from current practices in the mental health service, which involve drug treatment for many mental disorders and/or psychotherapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). It has been found that lay people generally prefer psychotherapy to drug treatment (Angermeyer & Matschinger, 1996;Angermeyer & Dietrich, 2006), due to the perceived possible side effects (Angermeyer et al, 1993;Priest et al, 1996;Fischer et al, 1999). There is also a common lay belief that 'willpower' can effectively facilitate recovery from mental disorders (Knapp & Delprato, 1980), such as agoraphobia and anorexia nervosa (Furnham & Henley, 1988).…”