Continuum beliefs and stigmatising beliefs about mental illness: results from an Asian community survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To establish the prevalence and correlates of continuum beliefs for five mental illnesses in a multiethnic population and to explore its association with stigma.

Design

A community-based, cross-sectional study.

Setting

A national study in a multiethnic Asian country.

Participants

A comprehensive study of 3006 Singapore residents (Singapore citizens and permanent residents) aged 18-65 years who were living in Singapore at the time of the survey.

Outcome measures

Parameters assessed included belief in a continuum of symptom experience, stigma dimensions and causal beliefs in mental illness. Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression (MLR).

Results

About half of the population indicated agreement wi

SUBMITTER: Subramaniam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5594210 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature