Attitudes towards people with a mental disorder: A survey of the Australian public and health professionals

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-83

  Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Korten, Ailsa E ^a   Jacomb, Patricia A ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Henderson, Scott ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Depression; General practitioners; Psychiatrists; Psychologists; Schizophrenia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH; SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033061802     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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