Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6812074 | Psychiatry Research | 2018 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
In 2005, 15 years after the introduction of the diagnosis in DSM-III, a telephone survey in Germany revealed that the public was still unfamiliar with the term bipolar disorder. Only 5.3% of those questioned knew at the time that it denotes a mental illness. In the meantime, efforts have been made to spread the concept among the public. In the media there has been increasing mention of the disorder. Another telephone survey in 2017 showed that familiarity with the diagnostic term has grown substantially. 54.0% of respondents now connected the term bipolar disorder with a mental illness.
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Authors
Matthias C. Angermeyer, Mauro G. Carta, Anita Holzinger, Herbert Matschinger,