The internalized stigma experienced by members of a mental health advocacy group in South Africa

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-61

  Sorsdahl, Katherine R ^a   Kakuma, Ritsuko ^b   Wilson, Zane ^c   Stein, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c South African Depression and Anxiety Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

advocacy; discrimination; South Africa; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 83455237134     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764010387058     Document Type: Article

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