An exploration of the continuum beliefs intervention on the stigma of mental disorders

Abstract

: Many studies have investigated the mechanisms of the stigma of people with mental disorders. These studies also proposed corresponding intervention methods. However, the intervention effect of these intervention methods is unsatisfactory, which also induces many theoretical debates. The key to dealing with these debates is to reveal the core cognitive mechanism of stigma generation, i.e., the stigma of mental disorders arises from the spontaneous processing of social classification. Revealing the core cognitive mechanism of stigma generation will inspire an innovative intervention approach that is based on the continuum beliefs. This intervention approach may integrate the theoretical debates on the elimination of the stigma of mental disorders and then propose a theoretical model and practical schema of continuous belief intervention.