Mehta Nisha, Kassam Aliya, Leese Morven, Butler Georgia, Thornicroft Graham
Section of Comunity Mental Health, Health Service and Population Health Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK.
Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Mar;194(3):278-84. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.052654.
Understanding trends in public attitudes towards people with mental illness informs the assessment of ongoing severity of stigma and evaluation of anti-stigma campaigns.
To analyse trends in public attitudes towards people with mental illness in England and Scotland using Department of Health Attitudes to Mental Illness Surveys, 1994-2003.
We analysed trends in attitudes for 2000 respondents in each survey year (6000 respondents in 1996 and 1997) using quota sampling methods and the adapted Community Attitudes Toward the Mentally Ill scale.
Comparing 2000 and 2003, there was significant deterioration for 17/25 items in England and for 4/25 items in Scotland. Neither country showed significant improvements in items between 2000 and 2003.
Public attitudes towards people with mental illness in England and Scotland became less positive during 1994-2003, especially in 2000-2003, and to a greater extent in England. The results are consistent with early positive effects for the 'see me' anti-stigma campaign in Scotland.
了解公众对精神疾病患者态度的趋势有助于评估耻辱感的持续严重程度以及反耻辱运动的效果。
利用1994 - 2003年英国卫生部精神疾病态度调查,分析英格兰和苏格兰公众对精神疾病患者态度的趋势。
我们采用配额抽样方法和改编后的社区对精神疾病患者态度量表,分析了每个调查年份2000名受访者(1996年和1997年为6000名受访者)的态度趋势。
比较2000年和2003年,英格兰25项中有17项显著恶化,苏格兰25项中有4项显著恶化。两个国家在2000年至2003年期间的项目均未显示出显著改善。
1994 - 2003年期间,英格兰和苏格兰公众对精神疾病患者的态度变得不那么积极,尤其是在2000 - 2003年期间,且在英格兰的程度更大。结果与苏格兰“关注我”反耻辱运动的早期积极效果一致。