title: Community attitudes and awareness of mental disorders. A key informant study in two Nicaraguan towns.
abstract: Attitudes towards mentally ill people were studied in two Nicaraguan towns through interviews with key informants. They were presented 8 case histories originally developed in a World Health Organization collaborative study. Alcoholism and depressive neurosis were considered the most common disorders, while the schizophrenic case was generally judged as the most severe. The methodology was found useful and valid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Penayo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacobsson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Caldera
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bermann
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001364:Awareness; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009527:Nicaragua; D011639:Public Opinion; D012938:Social Perception