Public stigma and schizophrenia in São Paulo city Estigma público e esquizofrenia na cidade de São Paulo

OBJECTIVE: To assess public stigma in relation to people with schizophrenia and possible factors associated with this phenomenon. METHOD: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a probabilistic sample of 500 individuals who live in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and are aged between 18 and 65 yea...

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Main Authors: Érica Toledo Piza Peluso, Sérgio Luís Blay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2010-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462010005000004