Park, S;
Lee, M;
Furnham, A;
Jeon, M;
Ko, Y-M;
(2017)
Lay beliefs about the causes and cures of schizophrenia.
Int J Soc Psychiatry
, 63
(6)
pp. 518-524.
10.1177/0020764017717283.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Lay beliefs about schizophrenia are an important factor associated with treatment-seeking behavior. AIMS: This study was conducted to investigate the lay beliefs about the causes and treatments of schizophrenia in South Korea. METHODS: A total of 654 adults (mean age, 35.96 ± 11.33 years) completed two questionnaires assessing their views on the causes and cures of schizophrenia. The factor structures of lay beliefs about the causes and treatments of schizophrenia were then analyzed and the correlations between the resultant factors investigated. RESULTS: From the cause items, four factors were extracted: Health/Lifestyle, God/Fate, Social/Environmental and Biological. Four factors were also extracted from the treatment items: Self-Help/Stress Management, Physical Treatment/Health Management, Religious Help and Mental Health Service Utilization. Notably, most participants believed that items in the Social/Environmental and Biological factors were the causes of schizophrenia, while they believed that items in the Mental Health Service Utilization and Self-Help/Stress Management factors were the treatments. Participants' beliefs about the causes and treatments of schizophrenia were systematically correlated. CONCLUSION: Overall, laypeople have reasonably accurate beliefs and a multidimensional view of the causes and treatments of schizophrenia. Nevertheless, our results suggest that public education about the etiology and treatment of schizophrenia are necessary to increase actual usage of mental health services and treatments for schizophrenia.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Lay beliefs about the causes and cures of schizophrenia. |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0020764017717283 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764017717283 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Beliefs, South Korea, causes, schizophrenia, treatments |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1564682 |
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