Public conceptions of mental illness in 1950 and 1996: What is mental illness and is it to be feared?
By J. Phelan, Bruce G. Link, A. Stueve, Bernice A. Pescosolido. 2000
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Subfields: Psychiatry and Mental health, Social Psychology, Philosophy
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In Psychiatry and Mental health
In Social Psychology
- P. Corrigan
- Bernice A. Pescosolido
- P. Thoits
- Jack K. Martin
- M. Angermeyer
- Anne C. Krendl
- A. Watson
- Sandra Dietrich
In Philosophy
Citations in the corpus
- Of Fear and Loathing: The Role of 'Disturbing Behavior,' Labels, and Causal Attributions in Shaping Public Attitudes toward People with Mental Illness (2000, background): “, anxiety and mood disturbances) affect large numbers of the general population, thus reducing the image of mental illness as a problem of "others" and, hopefully, the stigma associated with them (Rabkin 1972; Flynn 1987; Wahl 1995; Phelan et al. 2000).”
- Countries and Cultural Differences in the Stigma of Mental Illness: The East–West Divide (2020, background): “Prior work in the West found that the majority of respondents either conceptualized mental illness as referring to psychosis (e.g., schizophrenia) or a mood disorder (e.g., depression or anxiety; Phelan et al., 2000).”
- Resisting the Stigma of Mental Illness (2011, background): “…from the 1950s to the present, along with a steady desire to keep social distance from such people, despite educational campaigns (Link et al. 1999; Martin, Pescosolido, and Tuch 2000; Pescosolido et al. 1999, 2010; Phelan et al. 2000; Rabkin 1980; Stout, Villegas, and Jennings 2004; Wahl 1995).”
- The Paradox of Self-Stigma and Mental Illness (2006, background): “Studies suggest that many citizens in the United States (Link, 1987; Phelan et al., 2000; Rabkin, 1974; Roman & Floyd, 1981) and most Western nations (Bhugra, 1989; Brockington, Hall, Levings, & Murphy, 1993; Greenley, 1984; Hamre, Dahl, & Malt, 1994; Madianos, Madianou, Vlachonikolis, & Stefanis,…”