Community attitudes towards discriminatory practice against people with severe mental illness in Hong Kong

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-174

  Chiu, Marcus Y L ^a   Chan, Kenneth K L ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Discrimination; Public attitude

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 33847780178     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764006074556     Document Type: Article

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