Arbeitspapier

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ECONtribute Discussion Paper ; No. 286

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Depression
Stigma
Information
Psychotherapy

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Roth, Christopher
Schwardmann, Peter
Tripodi, Egon
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI)
(wo)
Bonn and Cologne
(wann)
2024

Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

Datenpartner

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Roth, Christopher
  • Schwardmann, Peter
  • Tripodi, Egon
  • University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI)

Entstanden

  • 2024

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