Stigmatising attitude of medical students towards a psychiatry label

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ogunsemi, Olawale O ^a   Odusan, Olatunde O ^a   Olatawura, Michael O ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 52049117218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-7-15     Document Type: Article

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