Public beliefs about the causes of mental disorders revisited

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 144, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 233-236

  Schomerus, Georg ^a   Matschinger, Herbert ^a   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causes; Depression; Mental health literacy; Mental illness; Public opinion survey; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VIGNETTE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33750511702     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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