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Bernice A. Pescosolido
Researcher at Indiana University
Publications - 162
Citations - 16408
Bernice A. Pescosolido is an academic researcher from Indiana University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Mental illness. The author has an hindex of 53, co-authored 156 publications receiving 14247 citations. Previous affiliations of Bernice A. Pescosolido include Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis & John E. Fogarty International Center.
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Public conceptions of mental illness: labels, causes, dangerousness, and social distance.
TL;DR: While there is reason for optimism in the public's recognition of mental illness and causal attributions, a strong stereotype of dangerousness and desire for social distance persist and are likely to negatively affect people with mental illness.
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“A Disease Like Any Other”? A Decade of Change in Public Reactions to Schizophrenia, Depression, and Alcohol Dependence
Bernice A. Pescosolido,Jack K. Martin,J. Scott Long,Tait R. Medina,Jo C. Phelan,Bruce G. Link +5 more
TL;DR: More of the public embraces a neurobiological understanding of mental illness, which translates into support for services but not into a decrease in stigma.
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Beyond Rational Choice: The Social Dynamics of How People Seek Help
TL;DR: The Social Organization Strategy (SOS) framework as discussed by the authors is a complementary approach to social action in general and decision making in particular, which shifts the from individual "choice" to socially constructed patterns of decisions, including consultation with others.
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Public conceptions of mental illness in 1950 and 1996: What is mental illness and is it to be feared?
TL;DR: It is discussed the possibility that there has been a real move toward acceptance of many forms of mental illness as something that can happen to one of "us," but that people with psychosis remain a "them " who are more feared than they were half a century ago.
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Of Fear and Loathing: The Role of 'Disturbing Behavior,' Labels, and Causal Attributions in Shaping Public Attitudes toward People with Mental Illness
TL;DR: This article examined the role offive factors that influence the public s willingness to interact with people with mental health problems, including the nature of the behavior described, causal attributions of the behaviour s source, perceived dangerousness of the person, the label of "mental illness", and the sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.