Effects of labelling on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia: Are there cultural differences?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 420-425

  Angermeyer, M C ^a   Buyantugs, L ^a   Kenzine, D V ^a   Matschinger, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Labelling; Schizophrenia; Stigma; Transcultural psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MONGOLIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUSSIA; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 2542435108     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0047.2004.00310.x     Document Type: Review

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