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Participants responded to one of six vignettes describing a person with a mental health condition.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Australia, 11\u201325 November 2024.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Representative sample of 6032 adult residents of Australia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Proportions of participants who agreed or strongly agreed with 13 stigmatising attitudes and proportions who were definitely or probably unwilling to interact in five different social situations with the person in the vignette.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Stigmatising attitudes were generally lowest for depression and highest for long\u2010term schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder. Beliefs about unpredictability had the highest endorsement: 61.9% (95% confidence interval [CI], 58.2%\u201365.5%) for long\u2010term schizophrenia; 56.3% (95% CI, 52.5%\u201359.9%) for borderline personality disorder; 52.8% (95% CI, 49.0%\u201356.6%) for early schizophrenia; 50.7% (95% CI, 47.0%\u201354.4%) for bipolar disorder; 29.2% (95% CI, 25.9%\u201332.7%) for ADHD and 23.3% (95% CI, 20.2%\u201326.7%) for depression. Forcing treatment was endorsed by 25.9% (95% CI, 22.6%\u201329.5%) for early schizophrenia and 24.1% (95% CI, 21.0%\u201327.6%) for long\u2010term schizophrenia. For all conditions, at least 20% of participants did not agree that the person in the vignette was a person of worth, with agreement ranging from 78.5% (95% CI, 75.1%\u201381.6%) for early schizophrenia to 67.4% (95% CI, 63.8%\u201370.9%) for long\u2010term schizophrenia. There were high levels of unwillingness for the person in the vignette to marry into the family: ranging from 29.7% (95% CI, 26.4%\u201333.2%) for ADHD to 64.4% (95% CI, 60.7%\u201367.9%) for long\u2010term schizophrenia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Stigma related to mental health conditions remains prevalent in Australia and contributes to social and economic exclusion among those affected. Sustained action is needed across multiple sectors to address stigma, particularly towards conditions such as schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder, which are poorly understood within the community.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.5694\/mja2.70230","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,23]],"date-time":"2026-06-23T11:05:31Z","timestamp":1782212731000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Stigmatising Attitudes Towards People With Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality,\n                    <scp>ADHD<\/scp>\n                    and Early and Long\u2010Term\/Untreated Schizophrenia: Representative Survey of Australian Adults"],"prefix":"10.5694","volume":"224","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3784-0540","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amy J.","family":"Morgan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Melbourne School of Population and Global Health The University of Melbourne  Carlton Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna M.","family":"Ross","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Melbourne School of Population and Global Health The University of Melbourne  Carlton Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gayle","family":"McNaught","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SANE  Carlton Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rachel","family":"Green","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SANE  Carlton Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicola J.","family":"Reavley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Melbourne School of Population and Global Health The University of Melbourne  Carlton Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_12_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/00048674241275892"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2105\/AJPH.2012.301147"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3109\/00048674.2011.621061"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/10398562221104638"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_6_1","volume-title":"Dignity. 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