Family members' of persons living with a serious mental illness: Experiences and efforts to cope with stigma

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 254-262

  Karnieli Miller, Orit ^a   Perlick, Deborah A ^b   Nelson, Ann ^c   Mattias, Kate ^c   Corrigan, Patrick ^d   Roe, David ^e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Alliance on Mental Illness   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coping; Families; Serious mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RELATIVE; SHAME; SIBLING; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIGMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84878121488     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2013.779368     Document Type: Article

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