Perceptions of Mental Illness Among Public School Teachers

Can the prevention of mental illness stigma and destigmatization of people with mental illness be effectuated?

“…Daleko najveći broj istraživanja izvršenih u prvim decenijama druge polovine prošlog vijeka (na primjer, Bentz et al, 1969;Nunnally, 1961) potvrđuju izrazito stigmatizirajući stav opšte populacije prema osobama sa duševnim poremećajem.…”

Sorting Out the Cuckoo's Nest: A Factorial Survey Approach to the Study of Popular Conceptions of Mental Illness

“…Rabkin (1 972, p. 159) summarized this finding as "in our culture, it is less socially acceptable to behave in a disruptive, bizarre, or troublesome fashion than to act withdrawn, detached, or depressed." Accordingly, several studies (e.g., Bentz, Edgerton, and Kherlopian 1969a;Bentz, Edgerton, and Miller 1969b;D'Arcy and Brockman 1976;Dohrenwend and Chin-Shong 1967;Fracchia, Canale, Cambria, Ruest, and Sheppard 1976a;Fracchia, Sheppard, Canale, Ruest, Cambria, and Merlis 1976b;Lemkau and Crocetti 1962;Manis, Hunt, Brawer, and Kercher 1965;Phillips 1967;Star 1952) have indicated that judgments of mental illness in such descriptions are positively correlated with the high intensity, frequency, and visibility of deviant behavior described therein.3 Second, as noted by Yarrow, Schwartz, Murphy, and Deasy (1955a) and Yarrow, Clausen, and Robbins (1 955b), the accumulation of several problematic behaviors is likely to elicit a more severe judgment of a described person's psychological state than when a single abnormal condition is present. Whitt and Meile (1985) referred to the tendency for longer vignette stories to have a larger overall impact on mental illness ratings as "snowballing."…”

Perceptions of emotional disorders among children as viewed by leaders, teachers, and the general public.

“…[1][2][3][4] In these studies brief vignetteschildhood behavior disorder, the case abstracts focus on adult disorders in all of these studies.…”