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Stigma is an attribute or a mark of devaluation that makes the individual who possesses it differ... more Stigma is an attribute or a mark of devaluation that makes the individual who possesses it different from others and reduced to that characteristic. Stigmatization of people with mental illness experience has personal and public consequences. The purpose of this qualitative study is to describe community attitudes towards the mentally ill, focusing on participants' gender and age. 50 participants (25 female), with ages between 20 and 55 years old, completed the Community Attitudes towards the Mentally Ill scale (Taylor & Dear, 1981). The sample revealed itself as authoritarian and socially restrictive towards people with mental illness and, simultaneously, with fewer signs of benevolence and proximity to a community mental health ideology. Male and older participants were the most authoritarian, benevolent and socially restrictive. Younger participants were more close to community ideology. Facing these results, a model of anti-stigma campaigns based on reducing stigma strategiesprotest, education and contactis reviewed.
Stigma is an attribute or a mark of devaluation that makes the individual who possesses it differ... more Stigma is an attribute or a mark of devaluation that makes the individual who possesses it different from others and reduced to that characteristic. Stigmatization of people with mental illness experience has personal and public consequences. The purpose of this qualitative study is to describe community attitudes towards the mentally ill, focusing on participants' gender and age. 50 participants (25 female), with ages between 20 and 55 years old, completed the Community Attitudes towards the Mentally Ill scale (Taylor & Dear, 1981). The sample revealed itself as authoritarian and socially restrictive towards people with mental illness and, simultaneously, with fewer signs of benevolence and proximity to a community mental health ideology. Male and older participants were the most authoritarian, benevolent and socially restrictive. Younger participants were more close to community ideology. Facing these results, a model of anti-stigma campaigns based on reducing stigma strategiesprotest, education and contactis reviewed.