Stigma and Self-Concept Among Adolescents Receiving Mental Health Treatment

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-274

  Moses, Tally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; depression; mental disorders; self esteem; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 66449088367     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015696     Document Type: Article

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