Perception of the public towards the mentally ill in developed Asian country

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 734-739

  Chong, Siow Ann ^a   Verma, Swapna ^a   Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b   Wong, Lai Yin ^c   Heng, Bee Hoon ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian; Attitudes; Mental health problems; Perceptions; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548316988     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0213-0     Document Type: Article

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