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The labelling of schizophrenics by professionals and lay‐persons

Author(s) -

O'Connor Tom,

Smith Peter B.

Publication year - 1987

Publication title -

british journal of clinical psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 2044-8260

pISSN - 0144-6657

DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1987.tb01365.x

Subject(s) - psychology , mental health , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , labelling , psychiatry , psychosis , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , criminology

Videotaped interviews of individuals said to be attending a mental health centre were rated by 30 trainee social workers and by 30 students unconnected with mental health. Interviewees were labelled as ‘schizophrenic’, ‘normal’ and ‘undiagnosed’ in a randomly rotated manner. Students rated schizophrenics as more deviant on various measures of social skill, whereas trainee social workers did not. The findings are discussed in light of the controversy initiated by Rosenhan (1973).

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