Fear of people with mental illnesses: The role of personal and impersonal contact and exposure to threat or harm

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-80

  Phelan, Jo C ^a,c   Link, Bruce G ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Sociomedical Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942750412     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650404500105     Document Type: Article

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