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Psychiatric Bulletin (2006) 30: 179-181. doi: 10.1192/pb.30.5.179
© 2006 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Psychiatric Bulletin (2006) 30: 179-181
© 2006 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Support workers’ attitudes to mental illness: implications for reducing stigma

Rebecca Tipper, Consultant Psychiatrist

Borders Community Addictions Team, Galavale Lodge, Tweed Road, Galashiels TD1 1PF, e-mail: rebecca.tipper{at}borders.scot.nhs.uk

Deborah Mountain, Consultant Psychiatrist

Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Stuart Lorimer, Specialist Registrar in Liaison Psychiatry

Paterson Centre, London

Andrew McIntosh, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry

Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Declaration of interest

None.

AIMS AND METHOD

We conducted an anonymous survey of support workers to examine attitudes to people with different types of mental illness. Scores were based on a previously demonstrated stigmatisation score.

RESULTS

A total of 133 questionnaires were returned, representing 27% of all possible recipients. Fewer than 20% of respondents considered people with schizophrenia to be dangerous, although nearly half thought that they would never fully recover. More stigmatising responses were demonstrated to alcohol and drug addiction than to other disorders.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

Support workers who spend large amounts of time with people with mental illness, in particular schizophrenia, have a low perception of their dangerousness. This may have implications for planning further measures to reduce stigmatisation.






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