Stigmatising attitudes towards people with mental disorders: Results from a survey of Japanese high school students

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 229-236

  Yoshioka, Kumiko ^a   Reavley, Nicola J ^b   MacKinnon, Andrew J ^c   Jorm, Anthony F ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Japanese high school students; Mental health literacy; Schizophrenia; Social phobia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIGMA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

DEPRESSION; JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 84892881384     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.10.034     Document Type: Article

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