Attitude toward and knowledge about mental illness in Fiji islands

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-375

  Aghanwa, Henry Stephens ^a  

^a Toowoomba Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Fiji; Knowledge; Mental illness; Mentally ill

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FIJI; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARKET; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 12344331450     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764004050336     Document Type: Article

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