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Depression Stigma

  • Throughout history, people with mental illness have been discriminated against and stigmatized. Our experiment provides a new measure of perceived depression stigma and then investigates the causal effect of perceived stigma on help-seeking in a sample of 1,844 Americans suffering from depression. A large majority of our participants overestimate the extent of stigma associated with depression. In contrast to prior correlational evidence, lowering perceived social stigma through an information intervention leads to a reduction in the demand for psychotherapy. A mechanism experiment reveals that this information increases optimism about future mental health, thereby reducing the perceived need for therapy.

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Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Author(s):Christopher Roth, Peter Schwardmann, Egon TripodiORCiD
Publication year:2024
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
Number pages:84
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4772585
Release Date:2024/05/06
Edition:CESifo Working Paper No. 11012
AY 23/24:AY 23/24
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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