Mass media interventions for reducing mental health-related stigma

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Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Clement, Sarah ^a   Lassman, Francesca ^a   Barley, Elizabeth ^a   Evans Lacko, Sara ^a   Williams, Paul ^a   Yamaguchi, Sosei ^b   Slade, Mike ^a   Rüsch, Nicolas ^c   Thornicroft, Graham ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNTRY ECONOMIC STATUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOCIAL STIGMA;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PREJUDICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84891691542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009453.pub2     Document Type: Review

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