Social rejection towards mentally ill people in Hungary between 2001 and 2015: Has there been any change?

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

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Buchman-Wildbaum, Tzipi^1,2  Paksi, Borbala³  Sebestyen, Edit^1,2  Kun, Bernadette²  Felvinczi, Katalin²  Schmelowszky, Agoston²  Griffiths, Mark D.⁴  Demetrovics, Zsolt²  Urban, Robert² 

[1] Eotvos Lorand Univ, Doctoral Sch Psychol, Budapest, Hungary

[2] Eotvos Lorand Univ, Inst Psychol, Budapest, Hungary

[3] Eotvos Lorand Univ, Inst Educ, Budapest, Hungary

[4] Nottingham Trent Univ, Psychol Dept, Nottingham, England

关键词: Mental illness;    Stigmatization;    Social distance;    Trend analysis;    Public attitudes;    Anti-stigma programs;    Mental health promotion;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2018.05.051

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Despite the improving mental health literacy of the public over recent years, people's attitudes towards people with the diagnosis of mental illness do not appeared to have changed. Long-term studies are scarce and mainly limited to Northwestern Europe. Given that no study has ever been carried out in Hungary, the present study examined attitudinal trends towards mentally ill people in the country, and evaluated its determinants using one item of the Social Distance Scale to assess social rejection towards others. National representative surveys of Hungarian adults were conducted in 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2015 (n = 7605). By means of interview and a self-administered questionnaire, socio-demographic information, preferences for social distance, and familiarity with mental illnesses were assessed. Trend analysis demonstrated that no meaningful change had occurred in the desire for social distance over a period of 15 years. Being a woman, having low education level, and lower familiarity with mental illnesses were all related to higher preferences for social distance. However, the explanatory power of these factors was very small (4.2%). As found in other countries, attitudes towards mentally ill people have not changed in Hungary. More effort is needed to understand better and overcome social rejection concerning mental illness.

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