The relationship of multiple aspects of stigma and personal contact with someone hospitalized for mental illness, in a nationally representative sample

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1063-1070

  Boyd, Jennifer E ^c   Katz, Emerald P ^a   Link, Bruce G ^b   Phelan, Jo C ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Contact; Mental illness; Personal experience; Stigma; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049448607     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0147-9     Document Type: Article

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