Attitudes towards mental illness in Malawi: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Crabb, Jim ^a,b,c   Stewart, Robert C ^b,c   Kokota, Demoubly ^b,c   Masson, Neil ^b,c,d   Chabunya, Sylvester ^b   Krishnadas, Rajeev ^e  

^a FORTH VALLEY ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WISHAW GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84864686506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-541     Document Type: Article

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