Predictors of stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental disorders in a general population in Finland

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-132

  Aromaa, Esa ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^b   Tuulari, Jyrki ^c   Wahlbeck, Kristian ^a  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c South Ostrobothnia Hospital District   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Discrimination; Mental disorders; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952657078     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2010.510206     Document Type: Article

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