Addressing stigma relating to mental illness in low- and middle-income countries

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Mascayano, Franco ^a   Armijo, Julio Eduardo ^b   Yang, Lawrence Hsin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Gap treatment; Interventions; Mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84926659531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00038     Document Type: Article

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