Experiences of stigma and discrimination among users of mental health services in Poland

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-68

  Świtaj, Piotr ^a   Wciórka, Jacek ^a   Grygiel, Paweł ^b   Anczewska, Marta ^a   Schaeffer, Ewa ^a   Tyczyński, Krzysztof ^c   Wiśniewski, Artur ^d  

^a Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology   (United States)

^b University of Rzeszów   (United States)

^c CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

discrimination; mental illness; Poland; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER EXPERIENCES OF STIGMA QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84857346679     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461511433143     Document Type: Article

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