Stigma: An Analysis of Negative Attitudes Towards Severe Mental Illness

This quantitative study examines the correlation of stigma towards people with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) and the quality of treatment that these patients receive. This research focuses primarily on the consequences of negative attitudes towards patients with Bipolar Disorder, examining studies not only of public attitudes, but of attitudes held by Bachelor and Master of Social Work students, clinical social workers, and primary care physicians. Language used in nosological and similar clinical studies carried out by mood disorder specialists were also examined.