Examining a progressive model of self-stigma and its impact on people with serious mental illness

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-343

  Corrigan, Patrick W ^a   Rafacz, Jennifer ^a   Rüsch, Nicolas ^b  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hope; Self stigma; Self Stigma of Mental Illness Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOPE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 80053461576     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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