Stigmatization of 'psychiatric label' by medical and non-medical students

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 455-462

  Totic, Sanja ^a,b   Stojiljković, Dragan ^b   Pavlovic, Zorana ^a   Zaric, Nenad ^b   Zarkovic, Boris ^b   Malic, Ljubica ^b   Mihaljevic, Marina ^a   Jašović Gašić, Miroslava ^a,b   Marić, Nadja P ^a,b  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

discrimination; medical education; medical students; psychiatry; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAWYER; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SERBIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LAWYERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENTS; PSYCHIATRY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SERBIA; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865530051     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764011408542     Document Type: Article

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