Attitudes of ward attendants towards mental illness: Comparisons and predictors

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 469-478

  Vibha, Pandey ^a   Saddichha, Sahoo ^b   Kumar, Ranjeet ^c  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (India)

^b WHO BGI   (India)

^c GR Mental Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

CAMI; Mental health professionals; Mental illness; Psychiatric ward attendants; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AUTHORITY; COMMUNITY ATTITUDES TOWARDS MENTAL ILLNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIGMA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC AIDES;

EID: 50849142517     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008092190     Document Type: Article

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