Beliefs about the mentally ill: A comparative study between healthcare professionals in Brazil and in Switzerland

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 503-509

  Des Courtis, Nadia ^a   Lauber, Christoph ^b   Costa, Celio Trujillo ^c   Cattapan Ludewig, Katja ^d  

^a Hôpital de Prangins   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Spiritist Hospital of Curitiba   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESSNESS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STIGMA; SWEATING; SWITZERLAND; TREMOR; VIGNETTE; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 57649136768     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260802565125     Document Type: Article

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