EPA guidance on how to improve the image of psychiatry and of the psychiatrist

European Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 423-430

  Bhugra, D ^a   Sartorius, N ^b   Fiorillo, A ^c   Evans Lacko, S ^a   Ventriglio, A ^d   Hermans, M H M ^e   Vallon, P ^f   Dales, J ^g   Racetovic, G ^h   Samochowiec, J ⁱ   Roca Bennemar, M ^j   Becker, T ^k   Kurimay, T ^l   Gaebel, W ^m  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes AMH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Belgium)

^f Swiss Society of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h University of Leicester ^*  (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

ⁱ POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^j UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^l SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^m HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Patients; Psychiatrists; Psychiatry; Retention; Stigma; Stigmatisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FUNDING; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREJUDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL IMAGE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL WORKER; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EUROPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STANDARDS; STEREOTYPING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EUROPE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84926193265     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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