Use of schizophrenia as a metaphor in U.S. newspapers

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1402-1404

  Duckworth, Kenneth ^c   Halpern, John H ^d   Schutt, Russell K ^a   Gillespie, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES; LITERATURE; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; METAPHOR; NEWSPAPERS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141781017     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.10.1402     Document Type: Article

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