Citation

Dixon RP, Roberts LM, Lawrie SM, Jones LA, Humphreys MS. Med. Educ. 2008; 42(11): 1080-1087.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03183.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Context  Previous research has shown that general practitioners (GPs) hold negative attitudes towards patients with schizophrenia, which do not simply reflect the nature or chronic aspects of the illness. This study aimed to describe the attitudes and predicted behaviour of medical students towards patients with mental illness in a primary care setting and to investigate whether these were affected by the students’ level of training.