Factors involved in the formation of attitudes towards those who are mentally ill

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 228-234

  Addison, S J ^a   Thorpe, S J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Knowledge; Mental illness; Prejudice; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; THINKING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 2342653535     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0723-y     Document Type: Article

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