Factors influencing social distance toward people with mental illness

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-274

  Lauber, Christoph ^a   Nordt, Carlos ^a   Falcato, Luis ^a   Rössler, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Mental illness; Public opinion survey; Social distance; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVER LICENCE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 3342910441     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COMH.0000026999.87728.2d     Document Type: Article

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