The relationship between mental health literacy, personal contacts and personal stigma against depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 191-196

  Wang, JianLi ^a   Lai, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Gender differences; General population; Mental health literacy; Personal contact with depression; Personal stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 47749121861     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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