Causal Explanations, Treatability, and Mental Illness Stigma: Experimental Study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to test the effects of causal explanations, information about treatability, and type of psychiatric diagnosis on how the public reacts to an individual described as having a specific mental illness versus subclinical distress.

Methods: A 5 (mental health condition) × 2 (treatability) × 4 (causal explanation) vignette experiment was embedded in an online survey, followed by assessments of prognostic optimism and desire to maintain social distance from the vignette character. Data were collected, in late 2022, from a probability sample (N=1,607) representative of the U.

Revisiting the Black-White Mental Health Paradox During the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Black Americans have lower rates of depression and anxiety than Whites, despite greater exposure to stressors known to negatively impact mental health, characterized as the Black-White mental health paradox. This study revisited the paradox during the coronavirus pandemic. Drawing on stress process theory, minority stress theory, and the rejection-identification model of discrimination, in-group identity, and well-being, we analyzed original survey data from a quota sample of African American and White adults (N = 594).

The feasibility of a behavioral group intervention after weight-loss surgery: A randomized pilot trial.

Background: Formal psychosocial support programs after weight-loss surgery are limited in scope and availability.

Objective: This randomized pilot study evaluated the feasibility of a postoperative behavioral intervention program.

Materials And Methods: Postoperative weight-loss surgery patients (N = 50) were recruited from February 2017-July 2017 and randomized to a four-month behavioral program or usual care wait-list.