The 'side effects' of medicalization: A meta-analytic review of how biogenetic explanations affect stigma

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 782-794

  Kvaale, Erlend P ^a   Haslam, Nick ^a   Gottdiener, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenetic explanations; Biomedical model; Medicalization; Prejudice; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICALIZATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PESSIMISM; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STIGMA;

BIOGENETIC EXPLANATIONS; BIOMEDICAL MODEL; MEDICALIZATION; PREJUDICE; STIGMA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; MEDICALIZATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84880404225     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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