In our own voice-family companion: Reducing self-stigma of family members of persons with serious mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1456-1462

  Perlick, Deborah A ^a   Nelson, Ann H ^b   Mattias, Kate ^b   Selzer, James ^c   Kalvin, Carla ^a   Wilber, Charles H ^c   Huntington, Brittney ^a   Holman, Caroline S ^a   Corrigan, Patrick W ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Alliance on Mental Illness ^*  (United States)

^c HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; IN OUR OWN VOICE FAMILY COMPANION INTERVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857807042     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.001222011     Document Type: Article

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