Reactions to the stigma of mental illness: Social-psychological models and empirical findings;Reaktionen auf das stigma psychischer erkrankung: Sozialpsychologische modelle und empirische befunde

Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 287-297

  Rüsch, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping; Group perception; Implicit association test; Stigma; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MODEL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA;

EID: 77956413639     PISSN: 16614747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1661-4747/a000039     Document Type: Review

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