Evaluation of the German WPA "Program against stigma and discrimination because of schizophrenia - Open the Doors": Results from representative telephone surveys before and after three years of antistigma interventions

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 184-193

  Gaebel, Wolfgang ^a   Zäske, Harald ^a   Baumann, Anja E ^a   Klosterkötter, Joachim ^b   Maier, Wolfgang ^c   Decker, Petra ^d   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antistigma program; Public survey; Schizophrenia; Social distance; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STIGMA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC OPINION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 36849046245     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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