Older adults' perceptions of mentally ill older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 838-846

  Webb, Alicia K ^a   Jacobs Lawson, Joy M ^a   Waddell, Erin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Mental illness; Older adults; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STIGMA; VIGNETTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 70449331313     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903046586     Document Type: Article

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