The stigma of mental illness: Effects of labelling on public attitudes towards people with mental disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 304-309

  Angermeyer, Matthias C ^a   Matschinger, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Labelling; Major depression; Schizophrenia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMOTION; GERMANY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0141506909     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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