How adolescents perceive the stigma of mental illness and alcohol abuse

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 544-550

  Corrigan, Patrick W ^a   Lurie, Barbara Demming ^b   Goldman, Howard H ^c   Slopen, Natalie ^a   Medasani, Krishna ^a   Phelan, Sean ^d  

^a Ctr for Psychiatric Rehabilitation   (United States)

^b Mental Hlth Media Partnership L   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTION QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 17844362252     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.544     Document Type: Article

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