Otherness and stigma: The public understanding of what mental illness is moderates the association of continuum beliefs and social acceptance

• Main Authors: Vanessa Juergensen (Author), Mirjam Göbel (Author), Bruce G. Link (Author), Vincent Buckwitz (Author), Georg Schomerus (Author), Sven Speerforck (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Belief in a continuum of symptoms from mental health to mental illness (MI) has an impact on the social acceptance of people with MI. However, little is known about whether people's conception of MI itself and in particular how broad that conception is, has an impact on the social acceptance of...