The use of puppets with elementary school children in reducing stigmatizing attitudes towards mental illness

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-429

  Pitre, Nancy ^a   Stewart, Sandra ^a   Adams, Susan ^a   Bedard, Terry ^a   Landry, Suzette ^a  

^a Northeast Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental illness (attitudes toward); Puppets; School based intervention; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 34249811231     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638230701299160     Document Type: Article

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