Psychiatric literacy and the personality disorders

Psychopathology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-41

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Winceslaus, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health literacy of lay people; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455163765     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325885     Document Type: Article

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