The recognition of mental health disorders and its association with psychiatric scepticism, knowledge of psychiatry, and the Big Five personality factors: An investigation using the overclaiming technique

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-189

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Persaud, Raj ^c   Furnham, Adrian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c SURREY AND BORDERS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Five; Mental health literacy; Overclaiming; Psychiatric knowledge; Psychiatric scepticism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; RECOGNITION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC OPINION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79952282661     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0193-3     Document Type: Article

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