Mental Illness Stigma as a Mediator of Differences in Caucasian and South Asian College Students' Attitudes Toward Psychological Counseling

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 484-490

  Loya, Fred ^a   Reddy, Radhika ^a   Hinshaw, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Help seeking attitudes; Mental illness; South Asian; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958579789     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021113     Document Type: Article

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