Challenging two mental illness stigmas: Personal responsibility and dangerousness

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 293-309

  Corrigan, Patrick W ^a   Rowan, David ^a   Green, Amy ^a   Lundin, Robert ^a   River, Philip ^a   Uphoff Wasowski, Kyle ^a   White, Kurt ^a   Kubiak, Mary Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Prairie State College   (United States)

Author keywords

Dangerousness; Discrimination; Responsibility; Stigma; Stigma change

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0036458395     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a006939     Document Type: Review

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