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Self-labelling and stigma as predictors of attitudes towards help-seeking among people at risk of psychosis: 1-year follow-up

Authors: Ziyan Xu, Mario Müller, Karsten Heekeren, Anastasia Theodoridou, Diane Dvorsky, Sibylle Metzler, Alison Brabban, Patrick W. Corrigan, Susanne Walitza, Wulf Rössler, Nicolas Rüsch

Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | Issue 1/2016

Abstract

Mental health service use is helpful but rare among young people at risk of psychosis. The label and stigma associated with mental illness may affect attitudes towards help-seeking. We examined 67 individuals at risk of psychosis over the course of 1 year. An increase of self-labelling as “mentally ill” predicted more positive attitudes towards psychiatric medication, while increased perceived stigma and the cognitive appraisal of stigma as a stressor predicted poorer attitudes towards psychotherapy after 1 year. Early intervention could improve non-stigmatizing awareness of at-risk mental state and reduce the public stigma associated with at-risk status to facilitate help-seeking.

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Title: Self-labelling and stigma as predictors of attitudes towards help-seeking among people at risk of psychosis: 1-year follow-up
Authors: Ziyan Xu
Mario Müller
Karsten Heekeren
Anastasia Theodoridou
Diane Dvorsky
Sibylle Metzler
Alison Brabban
Patrick W. Corrigan
Susanne Walitza
Wulf Rössler
Nicolas Rüsch
Publication date: 01-02-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience / Issue 1/2016
Print ISSN: 0940-1334
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8491
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-015-0576-2

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Self-labelling and stigma as predictors of attitudes towards help-seeking among people at risk of psychosis: 1-year follow-up

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