Mental Health Literacy of Depression: Gender Differences and Attitudinal Antecedents in a Representative British Sample

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Swami, Viren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEW AGE BELIEFS SCALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHIATRIC SKEPTICISM SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869104174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049779     Document Type: Article

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