Attitudes towards the people with mental illness: comparison between Czech medical doctors and general population
Author(s) -
Petr Winkler,
Karolína Mladá,
Miroslava Janoušková,
Aneta Weissová,
Eva Tušková,
Ladislav Csémy,
Sara EvansLacko
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1433-9285
pISSN - 0933-7954
DOI - 10.1007/s00127-016-1263-y
Subject(s) - czech , mental illness , stigma (botany) , population , mental health , medicine , psychiatry , cross sectional study , health care , family medicine , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , economics , economic growth
Stigma among health care professionals is detrimental to the life of those with mental health problems. In the region of post-communist Europe, the level of stigma among health care providers remains understudied. We aimed to compare attitudes towards people with mental illness between Czech medical doctors and the general population.
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