The development and psychometric properties of a new scale to measure mental illness related stigma by health care providers: The opening minds scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC)

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kassam, Aliya ^a   Papish, Andriyka ^a   Modgill, Geeta ^b   Patten, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Opening Minds Anti Stigma Initiative   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OPENING MIND SCALE FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STIGMA; AGED; CONTENT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OPENING MINDS SCALE FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84862160550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-62     Document Type: Article

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