Public perceptions of people with eating disorders: Commentary on results from the 2022 Australian national survey of mental health-related stigma and discrimination.
Anorexia nervosa
Beliefs
Binge eating disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Consensus
Disordered eating
Opinion
Popular opinion
Public view
Sentiment
Journal
Journal of eating disorders
ISSN: 2050-2974
Titre abrégé: J Eat Disord
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101610672
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
16 Apr 2023
16 Apr 2023
Historique:
received:
22
11
2022
accepted:
12
04
2023
medline:
17
4
2023
entrez:
16
4
2023
pubmed:
17
4
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Mental illness is highly prevalent in the community. As such, significant attention has been paid in recent years to raising awareness of the mental health disorders (including eating disorders). This includes efforts to normalise help-seeking, campaigns to reduce stigma and discrimination, targeted research funding and advocacy for improved and accessible mental health service provision. But have these initiatives changed public attitude? The 2022 National Survey of Mental Health-Related Stigma and Discrimination is the first of four national surveys canvassing the general public's perceptions of people with mental health disorders (including stigmatising and discriminatory beliefs) conducted since 1995 to include eating disorders. It finds significant prejudice against those with mental health disorders still exists within the community, particularly among younger Australians. For eating disorders, this is primarily related to attributions of blame and personal weakness. Findings from the survey are discussed in this commentary.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37062849
doi: 10.1186/s40337-023-00786-z
pii: 10.1186/s40337-023-00786-z
pmc: PMC10108519
doi:
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Pagination
62Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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