Attitudes about schizophrenia from the pilot site of the WPA worldwide campaign against the stigma of schizophrenia

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 475-482

  Thompson, Angus H ^a   Stuart, Heather ^b   Bland, Roger C ^a   Arboleda Florez, Julio ^b   Warner, Richard ^c   Dickson, Ruth A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc   (United States)

^d Peter Lougheed Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Canada; Dangerousness; Schizophrenia; Stigma; WPA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOTYPING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0036943259     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-002-0583-2     Document Type: Article

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