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Public Beliefs and Attitudes towards Depression in Italy: A National Survey

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Title
Public Beliefs and Attitudes towards Depression in Italy: A National Survey
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PLOS ONE, May 2013
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0063806
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Carmine Munizza, Piergiorgio Argentero, Alessandro Coppo, Giuseppe Tibaldi, Massimo Di Giannantonio, Rocco Luigi Picci, Paola Rucci

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that attitudes towards depression may be influenced by country-specific social and cultural factors. A survey was carried out to collect beliefs on and attitudes toward depression in Italy, which has an established community-based mental health system.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 1%
Germany 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 164 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 24 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 21 13%
Researcher 20 12%
Student > Master 19 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 11%
Other 18 11%
Unknown 48 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 50 30%
Medicine and Dentistry 39 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 4%
Social Sciences 7 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 1%
Other 12 7%
Unknown 51 30%