Public stigma associated with mental illnesses in Pakistani university students: A cross sectional survey

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Volumn 2014, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Waqas, Ahmed ^a   Zubair, Muhammad ^b   Ghulam, Hamzah ^b   Ullah, Muhammad Wajih ^b   Tariq, Muhammad Zubair ^b  

^a National Institute of Heart Diseases National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Mental illness; Shame; Social psychology; Social stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY ATTITUDES TOWARDS MENTAL ILLNESSES SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIVORCE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL STIGMA; SPIRITUAL CARE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84926497451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.698     Document Type: Article

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