Politically Correct Labels and Schizophrenia: A Rose by Any Other Name?

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 197-203

  Penn, David L ^a,b   Nowlin Drummond, Amy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labeling; Politically correct; Schizophrenia; Severe mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035223033     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a006866     Document Type: Article

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