Attitudes toward mental patients : : A study across cultures / / Alexander Askenasy, Marisa Zavalloni.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics - <1990
• VerfasserIn: Askenasy, Alexander,; Zavalloni, Marisa,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2018]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: Reprint 2018
• Language: English
• Series: New Babylon : Studies in the Social Sciences , 15
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; List of Tables --; PART I: MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL PATIENTS --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Review of the literature --; 3. Instrument development --; 4. The samples --; 5. The rehabilitation scale --; 6. The semantic differentials: The mental patients I most (and least) enjoy working with --; 7. Other distinctions made among mental patients --; 8. Views on mental illness and on its treatment --; 9. Views on the vocational rehabilitation of former mental patients --; 10. Variables influencing attitudes of mental health workers --; 11. Recommendations for research and rehabilitation --; PART II: COMMUNITY ATTITUDES TOWARD MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL PATIENTS --; 12. Introduction --; 13. The normative dimension --; 14. The affective-conative dimension --; 15. Consistency and inconsistency of attitudes --; 16. Clusters of acceptance and rejection --; 17. Education and attitudes --; 18. Occupation and attitudes --; 19. Perceived distinctions between nervous breakdown and mental illness --; 20. Recommendations for practical applications --; APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PROFESSIONALS IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD --; APPENDIX II: COMMUNITY QUESTIONNAIRE --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX OF NAMES --; INDEX OF SUBJECTS
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783111532370; 9783110636772
• ISSN: 0077-801X
• DOI: 10.1515/9783111532370
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alexander Askenasy, Marisa Zavalloni.