Research on the extent and nature of psychiatric stigma is reviewed, with a goal of offering
insights useful to the practising clinician. Many findings support the view that a label of …

Context: Illicit drug use is common in rural areas, but very little research has investigated
rural populations' access to drug abuse services. Purpose: To describe the current state of …

In 2009 the WPA President established a Task Force that was to examine available
evidence about the stigmatization of psychiatry and psychiatrists and to make …

Stigma may be a particularly important barrier to mental health care in rural communities
where lack of anonymity increases the probability that someone who seeks care will be …

Background: A series of surveys were conducted to assess the attitudes of the public, and
other groups, toward those with schizophrenia. The aim of these surveys was to aid in the …

This paper provides a geographical reading and critique of existing literature on rural mental
health. It investigates what this literature has to say about how different dimensions of rural …

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the public's attitudes and their correlates
towards patients with schizophrenia in rural areas. Methods: The study was carried out in a …

Although women constitute 52% of the rural population (30% of all women in the United
States)(Bergland, 1988), their representation in professional psychological literature is …

Damga (stigma), her ne kadar sözcük olarak “delik, delmek, yara, iz” anlamına gelse de,
bugün daha çok “kara leke” anlamında kullanılmaktadır. Sözcüğün bu anlamında …

Amaç: Bu çal› flmada, k› rsal kesimdeki halk› n flizofreniye iliflkin tutumlar› ve bunlar›
etkileyen etmenlerin belirlenmesi amaçlanm› flt› r. Yöntem: Araflt› rma, Manisa ilinin …