A comparative mental health literacy survey of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals in Singapore

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 627-636

  Parker, Gordon ^a   Chen, Helen ^b   Kua, Joshua ^b   Loh, Jennifer ^b   Jorm, Anthony F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Depression; Mania; Mental health surveys; Schizophrenia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MINERAL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MANIA; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGAPORE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033916484     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2000.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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