Stigma of mental illness and service use in the military

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-273

  Ben Zeev, Dror ^a,b   Corrigan, Patrick W ^c   Britt, Thomas W ^d   Langford, Linda ^e  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Thresholds Dartmouth Research Center   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Resource Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Label avoidance; Military; Service use; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARMY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STEREOTYPING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84862073481     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2011.621468     Document Type: Review

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