The Use of Psychiatric Medication, Human Capital, and the Amplification of Mistrust
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract
This research investigates the relationships among willingness to utilize psychiatric medication, education, and three forms of mistrust-generalized mistrust, mistrust in physicians, and mistrust in psychiatric medication. Utilizing human capital theory and two waves of the U.S. General Social Survey (N = 2,671), our findings show a curvilinear relationship between willingness to use psychiatric drugs and education, such that individuals with less than a high school diploma and those with a college or advanced degree are more willing to use psychiatric drugs compared to those with a high school degree. Also, the effects of all three forms of mistrust are amplified and have significant, negative effects on the use of psychiatric medication among college graduates. Mistrust in physicians and mistrust in psychiatric drugs matters for high school graduates, while only mistrust in psychiatric medication impacts the use of psychotropics for those with less than a high school degree. © 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Recommended Citation
Christie-Mizell, C. André; Laster, Whitney N.; Dagadu, Helena E.; and Blount, Stacye A., "The Use of Psychiatric Medication, Human Capital, and the Amplification of Mistrust" (2014). College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 414.
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