Overcoming stigma: How young people position themselves as counselling service users

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 697-713

  Prior, Seamus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Help seeking; Positioning; School counselling; Stigma; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENTS;

EID: 84862306918     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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