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Missourians’ Attitudes Toward People with Mental Illness, Substance Use, and Developmental Disabilities

Missourians’ Attitudes Toward People with Mental Illness, Substance Use, and Developmental Disabilities. Missouri Institute of Mental Health Center for Research & Evaluation. Update: October 2013. Survey Procedure. Surveys conducted in 2006 and 2013

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Missourians’ Attitudes Toward People with Mental Illness, Substance Use, and Developmental Disabilities

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  1. Missourians’ Attitudes Toward People with Mental Illness, Substance Use, and Developmental Disabilities Missouri Institute of Mental Health Center for Research & Evaluation Update: October 2013

  2. Survey Procedure • Surveys conducted in 2006 and 2013 • Conducted by MU Health and Behavioral Risk Research Center • Random digit dialing • 80% landline, 20% cell phone • Questions fromGeneral Social Survey and CARAVAN®Survey

  3. Mental Illness Vignettes • Major depressive disorder in a young adult • Major depressive disorder in an older adult • Schizophrenia • Bipolar disorder • Post-traumatic stress disorder

  4. Substance Use Disorders and Developmental Disabilities Vignettes • Prescription drug abuse • Alcohol dependence • Marijuana dependence • Hard drug abuse • Autism • Mild developmental disability • Severe developmental disability

  5. Participants • 2,360 Missouri Adults (~200 per vignette) • Weighted data set to match sex/race distribution of state

  6. Specific Questions • Were there differences in responses based upon the age of the respondent? • Did age differences affect the longitudinal findings related to stigma?

  7. Endorsement of “bad character” as a cause (all diagnoses), by age

  8. Endorsement of “nervous breakdown” as a cause (all diagnoses), by age

  9. “How they were raised” as a cause of autism, by age

  10. The Stigma of Mental Illness • Willingness to associate with vignette character… • Socialize with • Move next door to • Spend an evening with • Work with • Have a group home in neighborhood • Marry into family

  11. Social Distance Scores by Age

  12. Stigma: Longitudinal Comparisons • Overall increase in stigma was not statistically significant (+2.1%) • Increase (+6.3%) in stigma towards people with schizophrenia • Increase (+7.3%) in stigma towards people with bipolar disorder • Small decrease (-4.9%) in stigma towards young people with major depressive disorder

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