The stigma of mental illness: effects of labelling on public attitudes towards people with mental disorder

By M. Angermeyer, H. Matschinger. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2003

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Stigma and mental health professionals: A review of the evidence on an intricate relationship (2007, background): “In the case of schizophrenia, the latter has been shown to elicit beliefs that those affected by the illness are dangerous and unpredictable, which, in turn, resulted in negative emotional reactions and an increased desire for social distance (Angermeyer & Matschinger, 2003).”
Size of burden of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders. (2005, background): “Individuals with schizophrenia are looked at frequently as being dangerous and unpredictable (Angermeyer and Matschinger, 2003).”
Mental Illness in the Workplace: An Interdisciplinary Review and Organizational Research Agenda (2018, background): “Finally, the perceived dangerousness of individuals with mental illness differentiates it from many of the social identities traditionally studied in workplace contexts (Angermeyer & Matschinger, 2003; Corrigan et al., 2005).”
Mental illness stigma: Concepts, consequences, and initiatives to reduce stigma (2005, background): “This is true for the United States [61,81] and for other Western nations including Norway [46], Greece [71] or Germany [2,52] while levels of stigmatisation may differ between nations.”