Metaphoric and non-metaphoric use of the term "schizophrenia" in Italian newspapers

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1019-1025

  Magliano, Lorenza ^a   Read, John ^b   Marassi, Riccardo ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Il Mattino   (Italy)

Author keywords

Media; Newspapers; Schizophrenia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

DATA COLLECTION; ITALY; METAPHOR; NEWSPAPERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 80855141395     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0274-3     Document Type: Article

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