Anxiety, bulimia, drug and alcohol addiction, depression, and schizophrenia: what do you think about their aetiology, dangerousness, social distance, and treatment? A latent class analysis approach

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-37

  Mannarini, Stefania ^a   Boffo, Marilisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aetiological beliefs; Dangerousness and social distance; Latent class analysis; Mental illness stigma; Therapeutic treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BULIMIA; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLE PLAYING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BULIMIA; CAUSALITY; CULTURE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ROLE PLAYING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924804248     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0925-x     Document Type: Article

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