Mental health literacy of autism spectrum disorders in the Japanese general population

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 651-657

  Koyama, Tomonori ^a   Tachimori, Hisateru ^a   Sawamura, Kanae ^b   Koyama, Asuka ^a   Naganuma, Yoichi ^a   Makino, Hazuki ^c   Takeshima, Tadashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b 11 Toyo Kaiji Bldg   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Mental health literacy; Public; Vignette

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JAPANESE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 68349085592     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0485-z     Document Type: Article

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