Healthcare providers' attitudes toward persons with schizophrenia

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 297-303

  Mittal, Dinesh ^a,b   Corrigan, Patrick ^c   Sherman, Michelle D ^d   Chekuri, Lakshminarayana ^b   Han, Xiaotong ^a,b   Reaves, Christina ^a,b   Mukherjee, Snigdha ^e   Morris, Scott ^b   Sullivan, Greer ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

provider attitudes; schizophrenia; serious mental illness; stigma; vignette study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84925819811     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/prj0000095     Document Type: Article

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