Citation

Schöny W. Wien. Med. Wochenschr. 1998; 148(11-12): 284-288.

Vernacular Title

Schizophrenie--eine Erkrankung und ihre Behandlung im Bild der Offentlichkeit.

Affiliation

Landes-Nervenklinik Wagner Jauregg, Linz.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9746972

Abstract

Stigmatization with regard to mental illness and especially schizophrenia has been known from time immemorial. Meanwhile the negative attitudes have become metaphorical for unpredictability, violence, and bizarrely (grotesquely) contradictory behaviour. Persons concerned with these prejudices are excluded from the society and there is little willingness for contact. Particularly afflicted are also the relatives of schizophrenic persons. Media and motion pictures play an essential role in the maintenance of these negative attitudes. There will be suggestions (stimuli), especially by opinion leaders, to reach a change of the attitudes towards diseases and their methods of treatment.

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