Matthias C. Angermeyer|Herbert Matschinger
Causal beliefs and attitudes to people with schizophrenia
Leipzig University|Leipzig University
widely shared belief increase mental health literacy result improvement attitudes towards people mental illnessto examine german publics causal attributions schizophrenia desire social distance people schizophrenia developed 1990sa trend analysis carried using data two representative population surveys conducted lander constituting former federal republic germany 1990 2001parallel increase publics tendency endorse biological causes increase desire social distance people schizophrenia foundthe assumption underlying current antistigma programmes positive relationship endorsing biological causes acceptance people mental illness appears problematic