State of the art of population-based attitude research on mental health: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Population surveys have become a frequently used method to explore stigma, help-seeking and illness beliefs related to mental illness. Methodological quality however differs greatly between studies, and our current knowledge seems heavily biased towards high-income countries. A critical appraisal of advances and shortcomings of psychiatric attitude research is missing. This review summarises and appraises the state of the art in population-based attitude research on mental health.

Methods

Systematic review of all peer-reviewed papers reporting representative population studies on beliefs and attitudes about mental disorders published between January 2005 and December 2014 (n = 478).

Results

Over the decade covered by this review considerably more papers on psychi

SUBMITTER: Angermeyer MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6998641 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature