Public conceptions of mental illness: Labels, causes, dangerousness, and social distance

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1328-1333

  Link, Bruce G ^a,b,d   Phelan, Jo C ^a   Bresnahan, Michaeline ^a   Stueve, Ann ^a   Pescosolido, Bernice A ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Epidemiology of Mental Disorders   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETIOLOGY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; RECOGNITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032783487     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.9.1328     Document Type: Article

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