Teachers' knowledge, beliefs and attitudes concerning schizophrenia. A cross-cultural approach in Japan and Taiwan

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 402-409

  Kurumatani, Takahiro ^a   Ukawa, Ko ^b   Kawaguchi, Yoshichika ^b   Miyata, Saori ^b   Suzuki, Manami ^b   Ide, Hiroshi ^c   Seki, Wataru ^d   Chikamori, Eiko ^e   Hwu, Hai Gwo ^f   Liao, Shih Cheng ^f   Edwards, Glen D ^g   Shinfuku, Naotaka ^g   Uemoto, Masaharu ^b  

^a Osaka Juvenile Classification Home   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

^c Kobe Children's First Aid Center   (Japan)

^d Harima Training School   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Japan; Mental health literacy; Schizophrenia; Stigma; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TAIWAN; TEACHER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 3042574715     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0758-0     Document Type: Article

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