Changes in the perception of mental illness stigma in Germany over the last two decades

• Published in: European psychiatry Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 390 - 395
• Main Authors: Angermeyer, Matthias C., Matschinger, Herbert, Carta, Mauro G., Schomerus, Georg
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Elsevier Masson SAS 01.08.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Attitude to Health; Biological and medical sciences; Female; General aspects; Germany; Humans; Internal Medicine; Male; Medical sciences; Mental Disorders - psychology; Mental illness; Middle Aged; Perceived stigma; Perception; Population survey; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Public Opinion; Social Distance; Social Stigma; Stereotyping; Time trend; Young Adult; Europe; Germany; Perceived stigma; Time trend; Population survey; Mental illness; Social perception; Stigma; Population-based survey; Mental disorder

To examine the evolution of the perception of the stigma attached to mental illness in Germany since 1990 up to the present. Population surveys were conducted in the old German States (former Federal Republic of Germany) in 1990, 2001, and 2011. The perception of stigma attached to people with menta...