What is schizophrenia? Secondary school students' associations with the word and sources of information about the illness

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 316-323

  Schulze, Beate ^a   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FRIEND; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOLS; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 17644400520     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.2.316     Document Type: Review

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