Stigma associated with schizophrenia: Cultural comparison of social distance in Japan and China

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-160

  Haraguchi, Kenzo ^a,b   Maeda, Masaharu ^a   Mei, Yan Xiao ^c   Uchimura, Naohisa ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka International College of Health and Welfare   (Japan)

^c Beijing Charity Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Schizophrenia; Social distance; Stigma; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DISTANCE SCALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIGMA;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949154044     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01922.x     Document Type: Article

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