[PDF][PDF] Understanding and addressing mental health stigma across cultures for improving psychiatric care: A narrative review

AA Ahad, M Sanchez-Gonzalez, P Junquera - Cureus, 2023‏ - cureus.com
Stigma, characterized by negative stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination, is a significant
impediment in psychiatric care, deterring the timely provision of this care and hindering …

Public beliefs about and attitudes towards people with mental illness: a review of population studies

MC Angermeyer, S Dietrich - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To provide a review of population‐based attitude research in psychiatry during
the past 15 years. Method: An electronic search using PubMed, Medline, and Academic …

2011 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures

Alzheimer's Association - Alzheimer's & dementia, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the sixth leading cause of all deaths in the United States and is
the fifth leading cause of death in Americans aged≥ 65 years. Although other major causes …

A systematic review of the public's knowledge and understanding of Alzheimer's disease and dementia

S Cahill, M Pierce, P Werner, A Darley… - Alzheimer Disease & …, 2015‏ - journals.lww.com
This paper reports findings from a systematic review of the literature on the general public's
knowledge and understanding of dementia/Alzheimer's disease. The key purpose of the …

The Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale: development and psychometric properties

BD Carpenter, S Balsis, PG Otilingam… - The …, 2009‏ - academic.oup.com
Purpose: This study provides preliminary evidence for the acceptability, reliability, and
validity of the new Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS), a content and …

Cultural beliefs and mental health treatment preferences of ethnically diverse older adult consumers in primary care

DE Jimenez, SJ Bartels, V Cardenas… - The American Journal of …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Background Beliefs concerning the causes of mental illness may help to explain why there
are significant disparities in the rates of formal mental health service use among racial/ethnic …

Practice constraints, behavioral problems, and dementia care: primary care physicians' perspectives

L Hinton, CE Franz, G Reddy, Y Flores… - Journal of general …, 2007‏ - Springer
Objectives To examine how practice constraints contribute to barriers in the health care of
persons with dementia and their families, particularly with respect to behavioral aspects of …

Health care experiences of people with dementia and their caregivers: a meta-ethnographic analysis of qualitative studies

JC Prorok, S Horgan, DP Seitz - Cmaj, 2013‏ - cmaj.ca
Background: Understanding the health care experience of people with dementia and their
caregivers is becoming increasingly important given the growing number of affected …

Alzheimer's disease in the Latino community: intersection of genetics and social determinants of health

IE Vega, LY Cabrera, CM Wygant… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia among individuals 65 or
older. There are more than 5 million diagnosed cases in the US alone and this number is …

Mental health literacy: a cross-cultural approach to knowledge and beliefs about depression, schizophrenia and generalized anxiety disorder

L Altweck, TC Marshall, N Ferenczi… - Frontiers in …, 2015‏ - frontiersin.org
Many families worldwide have at least one member with a behavioral or mental disorder,
and yet the majority of the public fails to correctly recognize symptoms of mental illness …