Changes in attitudes, intended behaviour, and mental health literacy in the Swedish population 2009–2014: an evaluation of a national antistigma programme

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 134, Issue , 2016, Pages 71-79

  Hansson, L ^a   Stjernsward S ^a   Svensson, B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anti stigma programme; attitudes; discrimination; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIGMA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84978472633     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12609     Document Type: Article

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