Stigma in families of individuals in early stages of psychotic illness: Family stigma and early psychosis

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-115

  Wong, Celine ^a   Davidson, Larry ^b   Anglin, Deirdre ^a   Link, Bruce ^a   Gerson, Ruth ^c   Malaspina, Dolores ^d   McGlashan, Thomas ^b   Corcoran, Cheryl ^a,e  

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

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Families; Prodrome; Psychosis; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGION; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66049116718     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2009.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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