Code
3F030610
Duration
01 October 2010 → 30 September 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Applied sociology
- Policy and administration
- Social psychology
- Social stratification
- Social theory and sociological methods
- Sociology of life course, family and health
- Other sociology and anthropology
Keywords
professionals
mental health care
stigma
Project description
This study investigates attitudes of mental health professionals towards persons with mental health problems, paying specific attention to stigma. Attitudes and cognitions of mental health care professionals will be compared to those of the general population and social workers who interact with people with mental problems. The different components of stigmatization will be investigated by quantitative and qualitative research methods.