Adolescent attitudes toward serious mental illness

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 769-772

  Watson, Amy C ^a,b   Miller, Frederick E ^a,b,c   Lyons, John S ^b  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitudes; Mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDES TOWARD SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS SCALE ADOLESCENT VERSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; THINKING; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 27744469126     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000185885.04349.99     Document Type: Article

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