Title |
Global pattern of experienced and anticipated discrimination reported by people with major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional survey
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Published in |
The Lancet, October 2012
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DOI | 10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61379-8 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Antonio Lasalvia, Silvia Zoppei, Tine Van Bortel, Chiara Bonetto, Doriana Cristofalo, Kristian Wahlbeck, Simon Vasseur Bacle, Chantal Van Audenhove, Jaap van Weeghel, Blanca Reneses, Arunas Germanavicius, Marina Economou, Mariangela Lanfredi, Shuntaro Ando, Norman Sartorius, Juan J Lopez-Ibor, Graham Thornicroft, the ASPEN/INDIGO Study Group |
Abstract |
Depression is the third leading contributor to the worldwide burden of disease. We assessed the nature and severity of experienced and anticipated discrimination reported by adults with major depressive disorder worldwide. Moreover, we investigated whether experienced discrimination is related to clinical history, provision of health care, and disclosure of diagnosis and whether anticipated discrimination is associated with disclosure and previous experiences of discrimination. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 33 | 20% |
United States | 12 | 7% |
Australia | 9 | 6% |
Canada | 8 | 5% |
Ireland | 8 | 5% |
Japan | 4 | 2% |
Mexico | 4 | 2% |
Spain | 4 | 2% |
Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
Other | 9 | 6% |
Unknown | 71 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 120 | 74% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 19 | 12% |
Scientists | 15 | 9% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 9 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
Uganda | 1 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
Puerto Rico | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 455 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 75 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 68 | 15% |
Researcher | 63 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 39 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 37 | 8% |
Other | 102 | 22% |
Unknown | 81 | 17% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Psychology | 115 | 25% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 113 | 24% |
Social Sciences | 42 | 9% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 31 | 7% |
Neuroscience | 12 | 3% |
Other | 46 | 10% |
Unknown | 106 | 23% |