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Causes of mental disorders
About: Causes of mental disorders is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 51 publications have been published within this topic receiving 2789 citations.
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TL;DR: If the public's mental health literacy is not improved, this may hinder public acceptance of evidence-based mental health care and many people with common mental disorders may be denied effective self-help and may not receive appropriate support from others in the community.
Abstract: Background Although the benefits of public knowledge of physical diseases are widely accepted, knowledge about mental disorders (mental health literacy) has been comparatively neglected.
Aims To introduce the concept of mental health literacy to a wider audience, to bring together diverse research relevant to the topic and to identify gaps in the area.
Method A narrative review within a conceptual framework.
Results Many members of the public cannot recognise specific disorders or different types of psychological distress. They differ from mental health experts in their beliefs about the causes of mental disorders and the most effective treatments. Attitudes which hinder recognition and appropriate help-seeking are common. Much of the mental health information most readily available to the public is misleading. However, there is some evidence that mental health literacy can be improved.
Conclusions If the public's mental health literacy is not improved, this may hinder public acceptance of evidence-based mental health care. Also, many people with common mental disorders may be denied effective self-help and may not receive appropriate support from others in the community.
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King's College London1, Max Planck Society2, Norwegian Institute of Public Health3, Leiden University4, University of Bergen5, University of Cambridge6, Semmelweis University7, University of St Andrews8, University of Camerino9, University of Barcelona10, Innsbruck Medical University11, Heidelberg University12, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging13, Charité14, Dresden University of Technology15, University of Würzburg16, University of Manchester17, University of Bonn18, French Institute of Health and Medical Research19, Paris Descartes University20, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg21, Goethe University Frankfurt22, Imperial College London23, Università Campus Bio-Medico24, University of Pisa25, ICM Partners26, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg27, University College London28, The Catholic University of America29, Poznan University of Medical Sciences30, MIND Institute31, University of Zurich32, Leiden University Medical Center33
TL;DR: Leading experts on biomedical research on mental disorders have provided an assessment of the state of the art in core psychopathological domains, including arousal and stress regulation, affect, cognition social processes, comorbidity and pharmacotherapy.
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TL;DR: There has been an increase in belief about genetic causes, which may be due to publicity about the human genome project and related scientific advances, and a decrease in the belief that personal weakness is a cause of schizophrenia.
Abstract: Surveys of the public in several countries have found a predominant belief in social environmental causes of mental disorders. The present study was conducted to determine whether this has changed over time in Australia. Beliefs about causes and risk factors were assessed using questions based around case vignettes of a person with depression or schizophrenia. These questions were asked in a national survey of 2,031 Australians aged 18–74 carried out in 1995, and a second survey of 1,823 persons carried out in 2003–2004. The major changes were an increase in belief in genetic causes of both depression and schizophrenia, increases in beliefs about problems from childhood and the death of someone close as causes of depression, and a decrease in the belief that “weakness of character” is a cause of schizophrenia. There has been an increase in belief about genetic causes, which may be due to publicity about the human genome project and related scientific advances. This change has not been at the expense of belief in social causes, and it has been accompanied by a decrease in the belief that personal weakness is a cause.
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01 Jan 1988
TL;DR: The tools of social psychiatry - its methods and instruments epidemiological knowledge about mental disorders life experiences as causes of mental disorders and primary care social treatments and preventive strategies the evaluation of services a synthesis.
Abstract: The tools of social psychiatry - its methods and instruments epidemiological knowledge about mental disorders life experiences as causes of mental disorders - the main hypotheses the social consequences of mental disorders mental disorders and primary care social treatments and preventive strategies the evaluation of services a synthesis.
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