Community attitudes toward and knowledge of mental illness in South Africa

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 715-719

  Hugo, Charmaine J ^a   Boshoff, Dorothy E L ^b   Traut, Annelene ^b   Zungu Dirwayi, Nompumelelo ^a   Stein, Dan J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community survey; Help seeking; Knowledge; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PANIC; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 1842592025     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0695-3     Document Type: Article

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