Measuring public attitudes to severe mental illness in Greece: Development of a new scale

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-67

  Madianos, Michael ^a   Economou, Marina ^b,c   Peppou, Lily Evangelia ^b   Kallergis, George ^a   Rogakou, Efi ^c   Alevizopoulos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Institute (UMHRI EPIPSI) Athens   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; ATTITUDES TO SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS SCALE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; OPTIMISM; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC OPINION; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPY; TELEPHONE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84859356647     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S0213-61632012000100006     Document Type: Article

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