Effects of short-term interventions to reduce mental health-related stigma in university or college students: A systematic review

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 490-503

  Yamaguchi, Sosei ^a   Wu, Shu I ^b   Biswas, Milly ^c   Yate, Madinah ^c   Aoki, Yuta ^c   Barley, Elizabeth A ^d   Thornicroft, Graham ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Dentistry Oral surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Stigma; Systematic review; University students

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84879865262     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31829480df     Document Type: Review

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