Exploring the nature of stigmatising beliefs about depression and help-seeking: Implications for reducing stigma

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Barney, Lisa J ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEREOTYPING; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149088604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-61     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Exploring the perspectives of people whose lives have been affected by depression. BG McNair NJ Highet IB Hickie TA Davenport, Medical Journal of Australia 2002 176 S69 S76 12065001
2. Identification of patient attitudes and preferences regarding treatment of depression. L Cooper-Patrick NR Powe MW Jenckes JJ Gonzales DM Levine DE Ford, Journal of General Internal Medicine 1997 12 7 431 438 9229282 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.00075.x
3. Stigma: the feelings and experiences of 46 people with mental illness - qualitative study. S Dinos S Stevens M Serfaty S Weich M King, British Journal of Psychiatry 2004 184 176 181 10.1192/bjp.184.2.176 14754832
4. Stigma about depression and its impact on help-seeking intentions. LJ Barney K Griffiths A Jorm H Christensen, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2006 40 51 54 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01741.x
5. Stigma of depression - a personal view. L Wolpert, British Medical Bulletin 2001 57 221 224 10.1093/bmb/57.1.221 11719920
6. Awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of depression. LS Goldman NH Nielsen HC Champion, Journal of General Internal Medicine 1999 14 9 569 580 10491249 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.03478.x
7. The societal costs of chronic major depression. HA Pincus AR Pettit, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2001 62 5 9 11310818
8. Perceived stigma as a predictor of treatment discontinuation in young and older outpatients with depression. JA Sirey ML Bruce GS Alexopoulos DA Perlick P Raue SJ Friedman BS Meyers, American Journal of Psychiatry 2001 158 3 479 481 10.1176/appi.ajp.158.3.479 11229992
9. Stigmatisation of people with mental illnesses. A Crisp MG Gelder S Rix HI Meltzer OJ Rowlands, British Journal of Psychiatry 2000 177 4 7 10.1192/bjp.177.1.4 10945080
10. Public conceptions of mental illness: labels, causes, dangerousness, and social distance. BG Link JC Phelan M Bresnahan A Stueve BA Pescosolido, American Journal of Public Health 1999 89 9 1328 1333 10474548 10.2105/AJPH.89.9.1328
11. Public attitudes to depression: a national survey. P McKeon S Carrick, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 1991 8 2 116 121
12. Lay recommendations on how to treat mental disorders. C Lauber C Nordt L Falcato W Rossler, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2001 36 11 553 556 10.1007/s001270170006
13. Stigma and stereotypes. M Biernat JF Dovidio, The Social Psychology of Stigma New York: The Guilford Press, Heatherton TF, Kleck RE, Hebl MR, Hull JG, 2000 88 125
14. Stigma of psychological therapy - stereotypes, interpersonal reactions, and the self-fulfilling prophecy. M Sibicky JF Dovidio, Journal of Counseling Psychology 1986 33 2 148 154 10.1037/0022-0167.33.2.148
15. Stigmatization of individuals who receive psychotherapy: an interaction between help-seeking behavior and the presence of depression. DD Ben-Porath, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 2002 21 4 400 413 10.1521/jscp.21.4. 400.22594
16. Keeping it together: how women use the biomedical explanatory model to manage the stigma of depression. R Schreiber G Hartrick, Issues in Mental Health Nursing 2002 23 2 91 105 10.1080/016128402753542749 11901663
17. Disclosure of minor mental health problems: an exploratory theoretical study. B Williams D Healy, Journal of Advanced Nursing 2001 35 1 108 116 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01827.x 11442688
18. Stigma, depression, and somatization in South India. R Raguram MG Weiss SM Channabasavanna GM Devins, American Journal of Psychiatry 1996 153 8 1043 1049 8678173
19. Beliefs and attitudes associated with the intention to not accept the diagnosis of depression among young adults. BW Van Voorhees J Fogel TK Houston LA Cooper N-Y Wang DE Ford, Annals of Family Medicine 2005 3 1 38 46 15671189 10.1370/afm.273
20. Challenges to identifying and treating women with depression in rural primary care. MP Van Hook, Social Work in Health Care 1996 23 3 73 92 10.1300/J010v23n03-05 8865516
21. Public beliefs about schizophrenia and depression: similarities and differences. MC Angermeyer H Matschinger, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2003 38 9 526 534 10.1007/s00127-003-0676-6
22. Stigma in response to mental disorders: a comparison of Australia and Japan. KM Griffiths Y Nakane H Christensen K Yoshioka AF Jorm H Nakane, BMC Psychiatry 2006 6 21 1 21 16396684
23. Stigmatizing attributions about mental illness. PW Corrigan LP River RK Lundin KU Wasowski J Campion J Mathisen H Goldstein M Bergman C Gagnon, Journal of Community Psychology 2000 28 1 91 102 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(200001)28: 1<91::AID-JCOP9>3.0.CO;2-M
24. Stigma and public education about mental illness. J Arnold, Psychiatric Services 2004 55 7 833 833 10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.833 15232029
25. Attitudes towards people with a mental disorder: a survey of the Australian public and health professionals. AF Jorm AE Korten PA Jacomb H Christensen S Henderson, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1999 33 1 77 83 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00513.x
26. EE Jones A Farina AH Hastorf H Markus DT Miller RA Scott, Social Stigma: The Psychology of Marked Relationships USA: Freeman and Co 1984
27. Psychiatric stigma. P Byrne, British Journal of Psychiatry 2001 178 281 284 10.1192/bjp.178.3.281
28. Reconsidering the social rejection of ex-mental patients: levels of attitudinal response. BG Link F Cullen, American Journal of Community Psychology 1983 11 261 273 10.1007/BF00893367 6881109
29. When to use focus groups and why. DL Morgan RA Kruegar, Successful Focus Groups: Advancing the State of the Art Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Morgan DL, 2 1993 3 19
30. P Liamputtong D Ezzy, Qualitative Research Methods Vic., Australia: Oxford University Press 2 2005
31. RK Merton M Fiske PL Kendall, The Focused Interview, A Manual of Problems and Procedures New York: Free Press 2 1990
32. DL Morgan, Focus Groups as Qualitative Research Newbury Park, CA: Sage 2 1997
33. American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association 4 1994
34. QDA Miner 1.0. http://www.simstat.com/QDAMiner.htm
35. S Kvale, Interviews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage 1996
36. RE Boyatzis, Transforming Qualitative Information: Thematic Analysis and Code Development Thousand Oaks, California: Sage 1998
37. "Getting on with life": women's experiences and ways of coping with depression. JM Stoppard Y Scattolon, Canadian Psychology 1999 40 2 205
38. Public beliefs about causes and risk factors for mental disorders: changes in Australia over 8 years. AF Jorm H Christensen KM Griffiths, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2005 40 764 767 10.1007/s00127-005-0940- z
39. An attributional analysis of reactions to stigmas. B Weiner RP Perry J Magnusson, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1988 55 5 738 748 10.1037/0022-3514.55.5.738
40. Reactions to stigmas among Canadian students: testing an attribution-affect-help judgment model. VH Menec RP Perry, Journal of Social Psychology 1998 138 4 443 453
41. A search for meaning: making sense of depression. S Lewis, Journal of Mental Health 1995 4 4 369 382 10.1080/09638239550037424
42. The stigma of mental illness: effects of labelling on public attitudes towards people with mental disorder. MC Angermeyer H Matschinger, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2003 108 4 304 309 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00150.x 12956832
43. Of fear and loathing: The role of 'disturbing behavior,' labels, and causal attributions in shaping public attitudes toward people with mental illness. JK Martin BA Pescosolido SA Tuch, Journal of Health and Social Behavior 2000 41 2 208 223 10.2307/2676306
44. A 3.5-year naturalistic follow-up study of depressed out-patients. E Hoencamp PMJ Haffmans A Griens I Huijbrechts BFH ten Ham, Journal of Affective Disorders 2001 66 2-3 267 271 10.1016/S0165-0327(00)00312-8 11578681
45. "Mental health literacy": a survey of the public's ability to recognise mental disorders and their beliefs about the effectiveness of treatment. AF Jorm AE Korten PA Jacomb H Christensen B Rodgers P Pollitt, Medical Journal of Australia 1997 166 4 182 186 9066546
46. Social Stigma. J Crocker B Major C Steele, The Handbook of Social Psychology New York: McGraw-Hill, Gilbert D, Fiske S, Lindzey G, 1998 504 553
47. Workplace effects of the stigmatization of depression. N Glozier, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1998 40 9 793 800 10.1097/00043764-199809000-00008
48. Changes in depression awareness and attitudes in Australia: the impact of beyondblue: the national depression initiative. AF Jorm H Christensen KM Griffiths, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2006 40 40 42 46 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01739.x
49. Mental health consumers' experience of stigma. OF Wahl, Schizophrenia Bulletin 1999 25 3 467 478 10478782
50. Public beliefs about treatment and outcome of mental disorders: a comparison of Australia and Japan. AF Jorm Y Nakane H Christensen K Yoshioka KM Griffiths Y Wata, BMC Medicine 2005 3 12 1 14 15627402
51. Beliefs and attitudes of African Americans with type 2 diabetes toward depression. LE Egede, Diabetes Educator 2002 28 2 258 268 10.1177/ 014572170202800211 11924303
52. Factors affecting help-seeking during depression in a community sample. MA Dew LO Dunn EJ Bromet HC Schulberg, Journal of Affective Disorders 1988 14 3 223 234 10.1016/0165-0327(88)90038-9 2968384
53. Monitoring awareness of and attitudes to depression in Australia. NJ Highet IB Hickie TA Davenport, Medical Journal of Australia 2002 176 S63 S68 12065000
54. A primary mental health-care model for rural Australia: outcomes for doctors and the community. H Malcolm, Australian Journal of Rural Health 2000 8 167 172 10.1046/j.1440-1584.2000.00306.x 11249405
55. Lay attitudes to professional consultations for common mental disorder: a sociological perspective. R Pill L Prior F Wood, British Medical Bulletin 2001 57 207 219 10.1093/bmb/57.1.207 11719919
56. Lay people's attitudes to treatment of depression: results of opinion poll for Defeat Depression Campaign just before its launch. RG Priest C Vize A Roberts M Roberts A Tylee, British Medical Journal 1996 313 7061 858 859 8870574
57. Client and provider perspectives regarding the stigma of and nonstigmatizing interventions for depression. B Raingruber, Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 2002 16 5 201 207 10.1053/apnu.2002.36230 12434325
58. Do mental health professionals stigmatize their patients? C Lauber C Nordt C Braunschweig W Rossler, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2006 113 Suppl 429 51 59 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00718.x
59. Mental health nurses' beliefs about likely outcomes for people with schizophrenia or depression: A comparison with the public and other healthcare professionals. TM Caldwell A Jorm, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2001 10 42 54 10.1046/j.1440-0979.2001.00190.x
60. Predictors of depression stigma. KM Griffiths H Christensen AF Jorm, BMC Psychiatry 2008 8 25 18423003 10.1186/1471-244X-8-25
61. How to patients who participate in cancer support groups differ from those who do not? GE Grande LB Myers SR Sutton, Psycho-oncology 2006 15 321 334 10.1002/pon.956 16106472
62. When Are dysphoric individuals distressing to others and vice-versa: effects of friendship, similarity, and interaction task. KS Rook PR Pietromonaco MA Lewis, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1994 67 3 548 559 10.1037/0022-3514.67.3.548