Can a less pejorative Chinese translation for schizophrenia reduce stigma? A study of adolescents' attitudes toward people with schizophrenia

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 507-515

  Ka, Fai Chung ^a   Chan, John Hung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Chinese; Labeling; Mental illness; Schizophrenia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINESE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PREJUDICE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING; TRANSLATING;

EID: 7944227812     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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