Mental illness recognition and beliefs about adequate treatment of a patient with schizophrenia: Association with gender and perception of aggressiveness-dangerousness in a community sample of Mexico City

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 811-818

  Robles García, Rebeca ^a   Fresán, Ana ^a   Berlanga, Carlos ^a   Martínez, Nicolás ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

aggressiveness; dangerousness; gender; mental health literacy; public beliefs; recognition; Schizophrenia; stigma; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENDER; HAZARD; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY; MEXICO; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC BELIEFS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIGMA; TREATMENT; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSIVENESS; DANGEROUSNESS; GENDER; MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY; PUBLIC BELIEFS; RECOGNITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIGMA; TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84888611460     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012461202     Document Type: Article

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