Stigma and the sexual isolation of people with serious mental illness

Social Problems

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-98

  Wright, Eric R ^a   Wright, Dustin E ^b   Perry, Brea L ^c   Foote Ardah, Carrie E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychiatric disabilities; Serious mental illness; Sexual behavior; Social isolation; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847025706     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2007.54.1.78     Document Type: Article

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