Public awareness of the effectiveness of psychiatric treatment may reduce stigma

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-99

  Arikan, Kemal ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; STEREOTYPING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032610214     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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