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Attitudes to depression and psychiatric medication amid the enduring financial crisis in Attica: Comparison between 2009 and 2014

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  • Marina Economou
  • Lily Evangelia Peppou
  • Kyriakos Souliotis
  • Helen Lazaratou
  • Konstantinos Kontoangelos
  • Sofia Nikolaidi
  • Alexandra Palli
  • Costas N Stefanis

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Background: Only a handful of studies have explored the effect of the financial crisis on public attitudes to mental illness. Aims: This study examines changes in lay attitudes to depression and psychiatric medication between 2009 and 2014 in Attica region. Furthermore, it explored a potential interaction with employment status. Methods: Data were drawn from two surveys conducted in 2009 and 2014 using the same sampling procedure, interview mode, and survey instrument. Specifically, a random and representative sample of 586 people was recruited in 2009 and of 604 in 2014. Attitudes to depression were measured by the Personal Stigma subscale of the Depression Stigma Scale and attitudes to psychiatric medication by a self-constructed scale with good psychometric properties. Data collection occurred via telephone. Results: There has been no overall change in lay attitudes to depression. Nonetheless, a positive change was recorded with regard to the belief that depression is a sign of personal weakness and a negative change with respect to people with depression being dangerous. Attitudes to psychiatric medication have worsened during the study period. Employment status was not found to interact with the survey year. Conclusion: Anti-stigma efforts should be tailored on counteracting the dangerousness stereotype, while they should prioritize targeting attitudes to psychiatric medication

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  • Marina Economou & Lily Evangelia Peppou & Kyriakos Souliotis & Helen Lazaratou & Konstantinos Kontoangelos & Sofia Nikolaidi & Alexandra Palli & Costas N Stefanis, 2019. "Attitudes to depression and psychiatric medication amid the enduring financial crisis in Attica: Comparison between 2009 and 2014," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 65(6), pages 479-487, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:65:y:2019:i:6:p:479-487
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764019858653
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