HealthDay (12/21) reports, “Public stigma toward depression seems to have decreased, according to a study.” The findings were published online Dec. 21 in JAMA Network Open.
Psychiatric News (12/21) reports, “To better understand the nature and magnitude of public stigma over two decades for major mental illnesses, the researchers analyzed data from the 1996, 2006, and 2018 U.S. National Stigma Studies, which are part of the General Social Survey,” and “the participants were randomly assigned to one vignette describing a fictitious person with behaviors meeting DSM-4 criteria for schizophrenia, major depression, or alcohol dependence or a control.”
Related Links:
— “Public Stigma Toward Depression Decreased From 2006 to 2018, HealthDay, December 21, 2021