Eugenics, genetics, and mental illness stigma in Chinese Americans

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-156

  WonPat Borja, Ahtoy J ^a   Yang, Lawrence H ^a   Link, Bruce G ^a   Phelan, Jo C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese American Mental illness; Eugenics; Genetics; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; EUGENICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857061009     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0319-7     Document Type: Article

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