The impact of antistigma education on the attitudes of general practitioners regarding schizophrenia

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 439-443

  Üçok, Alp ^a   Soygür, Haldun ^b   Atakli, Cem ^c   Kuşcu, Kemal ^c   Sartorius, Norman ^d   Duman, Zekiye Çetinkaya ^e   Polat, Aslihan ^f   Erkoç, Şahap ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e Eylul University   (Turkey)

^f KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Schizophrenia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STAFF TRAINING; STIGMA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33745946289     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01529.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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