Reducing stigma and discrimination against older people with mental disorders: A technical consensus statement

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 670-678

  Graham, Nori ^b   Lindesay, James ^c   Katona, Cornelius ^d   Bertolote, José Manoel ^m   Camus, Vincent ^a   Copeland, John R M ^e   De Mendonça Lima, Carlos A ^a,l   Gaillard, Michel ^a   Nargeot, Marie Christine Gély ^f   Gray, John ^g   Jacobson, Lars ^m   Kingma, Mireille ^h   Kühne, Nicolas ⁱ   O'Loughlin, Anne ^j   Rutz, Wolfgang ^m   Saraceno, Benedetto ^k   Taintor, Zebulon ^m   Wancata, Johannes ^d   Chiu, Edmond ^d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Alzheimer's Disease International   (United Kingdom)

^c Intl Psychogeriatric Association   (United States)

^d International College of Person Centered Medicine   (United States)

^e World Federation for Mental Health   (United States)

^f Intl Union of Psychological Science   (Belgium)

^g British Columbia Network for Aging Research   (Canada)

^h INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES   (Switzerland)

ⁱ World Fed of Occup Therapists   (Australia)

^j Intl Federation Social Workers   (Switzerland)

^k WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^m University of Lausanne ^*

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Author keywords

Discrimination; Elderly people; Mental health; Mental health care; Old age psychiatry; Psychogeriatrics; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FAMILY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEARNING DISORDER; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0042279263     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.876     Document Type: Short Survey

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