Education and the public's desire for social distance from people with depression and schizophrenia: The contribution of emotional reactions and causal attributions

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 468-473

  Von Dem Knesebeck, Olaf ^a   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^b,c   Kofahl, Christopher ^a   Makowski, Anna Christin ^a   Mnich, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Centre for Public Mental Health   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression; Education; Schizophrenia; Social distance

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84905637881     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764013496082     Document Type: Article

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