| Literature DB >> 25631617 |
Ziyan Xu1, Mario Müller2, Karsten Heekeren2, Anastasia Theodoridou2, Diane Dvorsky2, Sibylle Metzler2, Alison Brabban3, Patrick W Corrigan4, Susanne Walitza5, Wulf Rössler2,6, Nicolas Rüsch7.
Abstract
Mental health service use is helpful but rare among young people at risk of psychosis. The label and stigma associated with mental illness may affect attitudes towards help-seeking. We examined 67 individuals at risk of psychosis over the course of 1 year. An increase of self-labelling as "mentally ill" predicted more positive attitudes towards psychiatric medication, while increased perceived stigma and the cognitive appraisal of stigma as a stressor predicted poorer attitudes towards psychotherapy after 1 year. Early intervention could improve non-stigmatizing awareness of at-risk mental state and reduce the public stigma associated with at-risk status to facilitate help-seeking.Entities:
Keywords: At risk of psychosis; Help-seeking; Self-labelling; Stigma
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25631617 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-015-0576-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci ISSN: 0940-1334 Impact factor: 5.270