Public attitudes towards people with depression in times of uncertainty: Results from three population surveys in Germany

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1513-1518

  Angermeyer, Matthias C ^a,b   Matschinger, Herbert ^c,d   Schomerus, Georg ^e,f  

^a Center for Public Mental Health   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^f HELIOS Hanseklinikum Stralsund   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Population study; Social distance; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNCERTAINTY; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884593736     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0618-2     Document Type: Article

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