Christoph Lauber|Carlos Nordt|Wulf Rössler
Lay Beliefs about Treatments for People with Mental Illness and Their Implications for Antistigma Strategies
University Hospital of Zurich|University Hospital of Zurich|University Hospital of Zurich
first describe factors influencing publics attitude toward treatment recommendations people mental illness second identify coherent belief systems helpfulness specific interventions third discuss ameliorate mental health literacy antistigma strategiesparticipants representative telephone survey general population n 1737 presented vignette depicting person either schizophrenia depression list suggestions asked recommend treatments person used factor analysis group proposals used factors dependent variables multiple regression analysistreatment suggestions summarized 4 groups characterizing specific therapeutic approach 1 psychopharmacological proposals psychotropic drugs 2 therapeutic counselling psychologist psychiatrist psychotherapy 3 alternative suggestions homeopathy 4 social advice example social worker medical treatments proposed people higher education positive attitude toward psychopharmacology correctly recognized person depicted vignette ill presented schizophrenia vignette kept social distance contact mentally ill people variables could explain alternative social treatment proposals small extentthe publics beliefs treatment people mental illness organized 4 coherent systems 2 involve evidencebased treatments medical treatment proposals influenced adequate mental health literacy however also linked social distance toward people mental illness additionally efforts better explain nonmedical treatment suggestions needed implications antistigma strategies discussed