Experience of stigma by people with schizophrenia compared with people with depression or malignancies

Psychiatrist

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 135-139

  Świtaj, Piotr ^a   Wciórka, Jacek ^a   Grygiel, Paweł ^b   Smolarska Świtaj, Julita ^c   Anczewska, Marta ^a   Grzesik, Artur ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^c The Medical University of Warsaw   (Poland)

^d RZESZOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIGMA;

EID: 79953700884     PISSN: 17583209     EISSN: 17583217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.110.029579     Document Type: Article

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