Knowledge and attitudes about mental disorders among principals of adult education schools

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-289

  Ponizovsky, Alexander ^a   Grinshpoon, Alexander ^a   Sasson, Rachel ^a   Baidani Auerbach, Alona ^a   Eliezer, Deborah Ben ^a   Shershevsky, Yechiel ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STUDENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH;

ADULT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; STUDENTS;

EID: 1642287513     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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