Selfhood and social distance: Toward a cultural understanding of psychiatric stigma in Egypt

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 920-930

  Coker, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Mental illness; Psychiatry; Stigma

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; EGYPT; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MORALITY; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EGYPT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 20444402265     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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