Changing attitudes of high school students towards peers with mental health problems

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-219

  Pejovic Milovancevic, Milica ^a,b   Lečić Toševski, Dušica ^a,b   Tenjović, Lazar ^b   Popović Deušić, Smiljka ^a,b   Draganić Gajić, Saveta ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Discrimination; Mental disorders; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PEER GROUP; SERBIA; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITARIANISM; BENEFICENCE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 67651202381     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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