What lessons do coming out as gay men or lesbians have for people stigmatized by mental illness?

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 366-374

  Corrigan, Patrick W ^a   Larson, Jonathon E ^a   Hautamaki, Julie ^a   Matthews, Alicia ^b   Kuwabara, Sachi ^a   Rafacz, Jennifer ^a   Walton, Jessica ^a   Wassel, Abigail ^a   O'Shaughnessy, John ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coming out; Serious mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SHAME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; STEREOTYPING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 70349652160     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-009-9187-6     Document Type: Article

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