Dominant Cultural and Personal Stigma Beliefs and the Utilization of Mental Health Services: A Cross-National Comparison

Purpose. Several studies have already revealed a negative relationship between stigma and mental health service use. Nevertheless, only few of them explicitly separate the cultural from the personal dimension of stigma. This contribution focuses on the distinction between cultural stigma beliefs and personal stigma beliefs, using a cross-national comparative research design. Methods. The effects of both types of stigma on different types of...