The socioeconomic context of stigma: examining the relationship between economic conditions and attitudes towards people with mental illness across European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Efforts to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness have intensified over the past 30 years with a particular focus on improving public attitudes. Difficult economic circumstances can be harmful to intergroup relations, but little is known about whether there is a relationship between socioeconomic conditions and attitudes towards people with mental illnesses.

Methods

Random effects logistic regression modelling was employed to explore the relationship between individual financial circumstances, contextual socioeconomic factors and difficulty speaking to a person with a significant mental illness across European countries.

Results

Lower GDP per capita and higher income inequality at the country level, alongside individual financial difficulties, w

SUBMITTER: Pybus K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10910911 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature