Stigma as related to mental disorders

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 367-393

  Hinshaw, Stephen P ^a   Stier, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution theory; Discrimination; Evolutionary psychology; Implicit attitudes; Mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMPATHY; EVOLUTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIGMA;

CULTURE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 43449113272     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.4.022007.141245     Document Type: Review

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