Attitudes toward community mental health care: The contact paradox revisited

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 292-302

  Pattyn, E ^a   Verhaeghe, M ^b   Bracke, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Katho University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community mental health care; Contact; Deinstitutionalization; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880920567     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-012-9564-4     Document Type: Article

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