Schizophrenia literacy: The effect of direct experience with the illness

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-23

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Blythe, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lay theories; Mental health literacy; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867143251     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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