Public conceptions of serious mental illness and substance abuse, their causes and treatments: Findings from the 1996 General Social Survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1766-1771

  Kuppin, Sara ^a   Carpiano, Richard M ^a  

^a Apt 4106 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLERGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC OPINION; RANDOMIZATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749370146     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.060855     Document Type: Review

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