Public attitudes to depression in urban Turkey - The influence of perceptions and causal attributions on social distance towards individuals suffering from depression

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dc.contributor.authorOzmen, E
dc.contributor.authorOgel, K
dc.contributor.authorAker, T
dc.contributor.authorSagduyu, A
dc.contributor.authorTamar, D
dc.contributor.authorBoratav, C
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-25T17:35:47Z
dc.date.available2020-06-25T17:35:47Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground The aim of this study was to determine public attitudes towards patients with depression and the influence of perception and causal attributions on social distance towards individuals suffering from depression in urban areas. Methods This study was carried out with a representative sample in Istanbul which is the biggest metropolis in Turkey. Seven hundred and seven subjects completed the public survey form which consisted of ten items screening the demographic features and health status of the participants, and 32 items rating attitudes towards depression. Results The respondents' attitudes towards depression were very negative and nearly half of the subjects perceived people with depression as dangerous. More than half of the subjects stated that they would not marry a person with depression, and nearly half of the subjects stated that they would not rent their house to a person with depression. One-quarter of the subjects stated that depressive patients should not be free in the community. The subjects who considered depression as a disease and who believed that weakness of personality and social problems cause depression had negative attitudes towards depression. Conclusions In Istanbul, people recognise depression well, but their attitudes towards it are fairly negative. The urban public has unfavourable attitudes towards depression and a tendency to isolate patients from the society. Notwithstanding the high prevalence, there is still considerable stigmatisation associated with depression.en_US
dc.identifier.citationclosedAccessen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00127-004-0843-4
dc.identifier.endpage1016en_US
dc.identifier.issn0933-7954
dc.identifier.issue12en_US
dc.identifier.pmid15583910
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-10844246406
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage1010en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-004-0843-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/3208
dc.identifier.volume39en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000226516700011
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDr Dietrich Steinkopff Verlagen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectdepressionen_US
dc.subjectpublic attitudeen_US
dc.subjectstigmatisationen_US
dc.titlePublic attitudes to depression in urban Turkey - The influence of perceptions and causal attributions on social distance towards individuals suffering from depressionen_US
dc.typeArticle

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