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The Lancet has just released a new paper which is a cross-sectional survey of individuals diagnosed with depression and their experiences of stigma and discrimination. The survey covered 35 countries
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Anticipated and experienced discrimination of people with depression
posted at 18/10/2012 2:46 PM BST
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The Lancet has just released a new paper which is a cross-sectional survey of individuals diagnosed with depression and their experiences of stigma and discrimination. The survey covered 35 countries and it found that 79% of people with depresion experienced some sort of discrimination. Furthermore, the study looked at peoples' expectation of being discriminated against. 37% of participants anticipated that they would be discriminated against and this put them off from initiating a close relationship, whilst this fear of being discriminated against deterred 25% of respondents from applying for a job. However, interestingly, the actual level of discrimination experienced (compared to the anticipated discrimination) was actually about half (45% in developing close relationships and 47% in applying for a job). 71% of people with depression actively wished to conceal their depression from others - which restricted access to treatment. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2961379-8/fulltext?elsca1=Twitter-depressiondiscrim&elsca2=T&elsca3=article |
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Re: Anticipated and experienced discrimination of people with depression
posted at 10/12/2012 11:42 PM GMT
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Fascinating article - especially that so many countries were covered. I wonder if the authors saw any countries that were specifically worse than others any why? |
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Re: Anticipated and experienced discrimination of people with depression
posted at 11/12/2012 2:44 PM GMT
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This is really interesting ! Of course it would be good to know of which countries they were talking in particular, and also, if expecting stigmatization really leads to being stigmatized ( a self-fulfilling prophecy). I tend to think that people in my country (Germany) are usually afraid of being discriminated against when they reveal they have a mental illness ( maybe a recall of the bleak past). That´s why we do have so many people who admit having a " burn-out-syndrome" instead of a major depression. Burn-out is acceptable. |
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