Effects of an educational program on public attitudes towards mental illness

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 595-602

  Tanaka, Goro ^a   Ogawa, Takeo ^b   Inadomi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kikuchi, Yasuki ^a   Ohta, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Educational program; Evaluation research; Mental health; Public attitudes towards mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYEE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0344012134     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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