'Forensic' labelling: An empirical assessment of its effects on self-stigma for people with severe mental illness

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-122

  Livingston, James D ^a,b   Rossiter, Katherine R ^b   Verdun Jones, Simon N ^b  

^a BC Mental Health & Addiction Services   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community mental health; Compulsory treatment; Forensic psychiatry; Labelling; Outpatient commitment; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956041434     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 01651781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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