Changes in the perception of mental illness stigma in Germany over the last two decades

European Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 390-395

  Angermeyer, Matthias C ^a,b   Matschinger, Herbert ^c,d   Carta, Mauro G ^b   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

Mental illness; Perceived stigma; Population survey; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL REJECTION; STIGMA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; HEALTH SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904732876     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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