Public stigma against people with mental illness in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Reta, Yared ^a   Tesfaye, Markos ^b   Girma, Eshetu ^c   Dehning, Sandra ^d,e   Adorjan, Kristina ^d  

^a Debire Berhan University   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELIGION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; AUTHORITY; BENEFICENCE; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEREOTYPING;

ADULT; AUTHORITARIANISM; BENEFICENCE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84998816215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163103     Document Type: Article

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