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Article: Insight and general public attitude on psychotic experiences in Hong Kong

TitleInsight and general public attitude on psychotic experiences in Hong Kong
Authors
Issue Date1996
PublisherSage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105597
Citation
International Journal Of Social Psychiatry, 1996, v. 42 n. 1, p. 10-17 How to Cite?
AbstractPsychosis has been viewed with vastly different attitudes in different contexts. Medical professionals frequently assume that patients should have adequate insight into their abnormal experience. 'Lack' of insight has been regarded as a characteristic feature of schizophrenic psychosis. However, these experiences have frequently been construed from a non-medically related perspective by the general public. We employed a case-vignette approach to study the opinion of a general public sample concerning attribution, intervention needs and concordance with medical professionals towards psychotic experience. Ninety eight healthy Chinese volunteers were recruited. Results showed that public opinion only agreed partly with the conventional medical model. Although most subjects agreed that the experience described in the case-vignette was psychological, they did not relate this to psychiatric treatment. Subjects having past contact with psychiatric patients showed a higher degree of agreement with the medical perspective than subjects without past contact. Potential implications of our results on management and health education are discussed.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/81659
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.5
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.649
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dc.contributor.authorLam, LCWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, CKYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChen, EYHen_HK
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dc.date.available2010-09-06T08:20:27Z-
dc.date.issued1996en_HK
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal Of Social Psychiatry, 1996, v. 42 n. 1, p. 10-17en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0020-7640en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/81659-
dc.description.abstractPsychosis has been viewed with vastly different attitudes in different contexts. Medical professionals frequently assume that patients should have adequate insight into their abnormal experience. 'Lack' of insight has been regarded as a characteristic feature of schizophrenic psychosis. However, these experiences have frequently been construed from a non-medically related perspective by the general public. We employed a case-vignette approach to study the opinion of a general public sample concerning attribution, intervention needs and concordance with medical professionals towards psychotic experience. Ninety eight healthy Chinese volunteers were recruited. Results showed that public opinion only agreed partly with the conventional medical model. Although most subjects agreed that the experience described in the case-vignette was psychological, they did not relate this to psychiatric treatment. Subjects having past contact with psychiatric patients showed a higher degree of agreement with the medical perspective than subjects without past contact. Potential implications of our results on management and health education are discussed.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105597en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Social Psychiatryen_HK
dc.rightsInternational Journal of Social Psychiatry. Copyright © Sage Publications Ltd.en_HK
dc.titleInsight and general public attitude on psychotic experiences in Hong Kongen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailChen, EYH: eyhchen@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/002076409604200102en_HK
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