Gaebel W, Baumann A, Witte A M, Zaeske H
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heinrich-Heine-University, Rheinische Kliniken Düsseldorf, Bergische Landstrasse 2, 40629 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2002 Dec;252(6):278-87. doi: 10.1007/s00406-002-0393-2.
Attitudes of the urban population in Germany towards people with mental illness were investigated in this study. The results are compared with those of attitude surveys conducted by other research centres participating in the World Psychiatric Association's (WPA) global anti-stigma-programme "Fighting Stigma and Discrimination because of Schizophrenia - Open the Doors" (WPA 1998).
A total of 7246 German-speaking persons aged 16 and over were interviewed in private households in six German cities by telephone using a standardised questionnaire. The respondents were asked about their knowledge in regard to schizophrenia, their social distance towards people with schizophrenia and estimations of the social stigmatisation of mental patients in general.
33.1 % of the interviewees were able to name causes of schizophrenia. 76.5 % of the interviewees believe that people with schizophrenia often or very often need prescription drugs to control their symptoms. 81.1 % believe that most people would pass over the job application of a former mental patient in favour of another applicant.
Improvements in the education of the public about mental illnesses and provision of the opportunity for personal contact with mentally ill people are considered to be important measures for promoting the acceptance of the mentally ill by the public.
本研究调查了德国城市人口对精神疾病患者的态度。将研究结果与参与世界精神病学协会（WPA）全球反污名化项目“消除精神分裂症污名与歧视——打开大门”（WPA，1998年）的其他研究中心所进行的态度调查结果进行比较。
通过电话使用标准化问卷，在德国六个城市的私人家庭中对总共7246名16岁及以上说德语的人进行了访谈。询问受访者关于他们对精神分裂症的了解、他们与精神分裂症患者的社会距离以及对精神疾病患者总体社会污名化的估计。
33.1%的受访者能够说出精神分裂症的病因。76.5%的受访者认为精神分裂症患者经常或非常经常需要处方药来控制症状。81.1%的人认为大多数人会优先考虑另一位求职者而不考虑有精神疾病史的求职者。
改善公众对精神疾病的教育以及提供与精神疾病患者进行个人接触的机会，被认为是促进公众接受精神疾病患者的重要措施。
