Three Strategies for Changing Attributions about Severe Mental Illness

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 187-195

  Corrigan, Patrick W ^a   River, Philip L ^a   Lundin, Robert K ^a   Penn, David L ^b   Uphoff Wasowski, Kyle ^a   Campion, John ^a   Mathisen, James ^a   Gagnon, Christine ^a   Bergman, Maria ^a   Goldstein, Hillel ^a   Kubiak, Mary Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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

^c Prairie State College   (United States)

Author keywords

Recent life events; Schizophrenia; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREJUDICE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035228979     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a006865     Document Type: Article

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