The role of biological and genetic causal beliefs in the stigmatisation of 'mental patients'

By J. Harré. 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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EDUCATION AND MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA: THE EFFECTS OF ATTRIBUTION, BIASED ASSIMILATION, AND ATTITUDE POLARIZATION (2008, background): “…et al., 2004; Dietrich, Matschinger, & Angermeyer, 2006; Read & Harré, 2001) as well as greater perceptions of dangerousness (Dietrich et al., 2006; Read & Harré, 2001), unpredictability (Read & Harré, 2001), poor prognosis (Phelan et al., 2002; Phelan, Yang, & Cruz–Rojas, 2006), and family risk…”
Etiological paradigms of depression: The relationship between perceived causes, empowerment, treatment preferences, and stigma (2003, background): “…model and the psychological model equally reduce stigma towards the mentally ill. Additionally, the biological model has been implicated with contributing to stigma, specifically, the viewing of mental patients as more unpredictable and more violent (Read & Harre, 2001; Read & Law, 1999).”
Dimensions of Folk Psychiatry (2005, background): “Read and Harré (2001) found that people who attributed mental disorder to biogenetic causes tended to hold more negative attitudes toward it, and Mehta and Farina (1997) showed that confederates who disclosed a psychiatric problem were blamed less but treated more harshly when the problem was…”
Interpersonal contact and the stigma of mental illness: A review of the literature (2003, background): “For example, 1301 people with SMI reported that their experiences of stigmatization are responsible for their feeling discouraged, hurt, and angry, and for lowering their self-esteem (Wahl, 1999).”
Genetic Essentialism: On the Deceptive Determinism of DNA (2011, background): “…account for the illness showed a significant negative change in their attitudes toward the mentally ill, viewing those with the mental illness to be more unpredictable and dangerous, compared with those who viewed a psychosocial account (Walker & Read, 2002; see also Read & Harré, 2001).”