Stigma Toward Mental Illness: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Taiwanese, Chinese Immigrants to Australia and Anglo-Australians

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 352-364

  Mellor, David ^a   Carne, Lucy ^a   Shen, Yu Chun ^b   McCabe, Marita ^a   Wang, Liwei ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Australia; China; culture; mental illness; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874443980     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112451052     Document Type: Article

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