Association between public views of mental illness and self-stigma among individuals with mental illness in 14 European countries

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1741-1752

  Evans Lacko, S ^a   Brohan, E ^a   Mojtabai, R ^b   Thornicroft, G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; behaviour; mental disorders; social change; stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC OPINION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84863960598     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002558     Document Type: Article

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