Experience of social stigma by people with schizophrenia in Hong Kong

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 186, Issue FEB., 2005, Pages 153-157

  Lee, Sing ^a,e   Lee, Margaret T Y ^a   Chiu, Marcus Y L ^b   Kleinman, Arthur ^c,d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPHORIA; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STEREOTYPY; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 13244291693     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.186.2.153     Document Type: Article

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