Patterns of stigma toward schizophrenia among the general population: A latent profile analysis

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 595-605

  Loch, Alexandre A ^a   Wang, Yuan Pang ^a   Guarniero, Francisco B ^a   Lawson, Fabio L ^a   Hengartner, Michael P ^b   Rössler, Wulf ^b,c   Gattaz, Wagner F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brazil; discrimination; prejudice; Social distance; stereotype

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906683707     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764013507248     Document Type: Article

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