Self-stigma and its correlates among outpatients with depressive disorders

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 599-601

  Yen, Cheng Fang ^a   Chen, Cheng Chun ^a   Lee, Yu ^a   Tang, Tae Chun ^a   Yen, Ju Yu ^a   Ko, Chih Hung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING; TAIWAN;

EID: 17844362251     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.599     Document Type: Article

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