Attitudes about mental illness and its treatment: Validation of a generic scale for public health surveillance of mental illness associated stigma

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-176

  Kobau, Rosemarie ^a   Diiorio, Colleen ^b   Chapman, Daniel ^a   Delvecchio, Paolo ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Factor analysis; Mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952092885     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-009-9191-x     Document Type: Article

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