Young people's stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental disorders: Findings from an Australian national survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1033-1039

  Reavley, Nicola J ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Depression; Mental health literacy survey; Schizophrenia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIGMATIZING ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355186241     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.614216     Document Type: Article

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