Mami Kasahara-Kiritani1, Tomoko Matoba2, Saeko Kikuzawa3, Junko Sakano4, Katsumi Sugiyama5, Chikako Yamaki6, Mieko Mochizuki7, Yoshihiko Yamazaki8. 1. Department of Ethics Support, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Family Nursing, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: mamikiri@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp. 2. Department of Human Care and Support, Faculty of Human Life Design, Toyo University, Saitama, Japan. 3. Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan. 4. Department of Welfare System and Health Science, Okayama Prefectural University, Okayama, Japan. 5. Department of Social Welfare, Aomori University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan. 6. Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan. 7. Accelight, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. 8. Department of Social Welfare, Nihon Fukushi University, Aichi, Japan.
Abstract
AIM: The purpose was to characterize public perceptions in Japan of mental illness and how they related to stigma-related attitudes for the same. METHODS: Data were obtained using a vignette survey conducted as a part of the Stigma in Global Context - Mental Health Study and contained a nationally representative sample (n = 994). The survey was conducted using a multi-mode approach (face-to-face interviews, the drop-off-and-pick-up, postal collection) from September to December 2006, with a multi-stage probability sample of Japanese residents aged 18-64 years. Respondents were randomly assigned one of four vignette conditions that described psychiatric disorders meeting the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia and major depressive disorder (one vignette for each gender exhibiting each diagnosis). We compared respondents' stigma-related attitudes and perceptions toward mental illness between vignettes. RESULTS: Over 80% of Japanese participants believed that depressive disorder or schizophrenia could be cured via treatment. However, Japanese people still had relatively strong vigilance and denial of competency toward schizophrenia. CONCLUSIONS: Participants expressed the belief that mental illnesses are curable, but stigma toward people with schizophrenia was still relatively strong.
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AIM: The purpose was to characterize public perceptions in Japan of mental illness and how they related to stigma-related attitudes for the same. METHODS: Data were obtained using a vignette survey conducted as a part of the Stigma in Global Context - Mental Health Study and contained a nationally representative sample (n = 994). The survey was conducted using a multi-mode approach (face-to-face interviews, the drop-off-and-pick-up, postal collection) from September to December 2006, with a multi-stage probability sample of Japanese residents aged 18-64 years. Respondents were randomly assigned one of four vignette conditions that described psychiatric disorders meeting the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia and major depressive disorder (one vignette for each gender exhibiting each diagnosis). We compared respondents' stigma-related attitudes and perceptions toward mental illness between vignettes. RESULTS: Over 80% of Japanese participants believed that depressive disorder or schizophrenia could be cured via treatment. However, Japanese people still had relatively strong vigilance and denial of competency toward schizophrenia. CONCLUSIONS:Participants expressed the belief that mental illnesses are curable, but stigma toward people with schizophrenia was still relatively strong.
Authors: N Mehta; S Clement; E Marcus; A-C Stona; N Bezborodovs; S Evans-Lacko; J Palacios; M Docherty; E Barley; D Rose; M Koschorke; R Shidhaye; C Henderson; G Thornicroft Journal: Br J Psychiatry Date: 2015-11 Impact factor: 9.319
Authors: Zhisong Zhang; Kaising Sun; Chonnakarn Jatchavala; John Koh; Yimian Chia; Jessica Bose; Zhimeng Li; Wanqiu Tan; Sizhe Wang; Wenjing Chu; Jiayun Wang; Bach Tran; Roger Ho Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2019-12-31 Impact factor: 3.390