Experiences of stigma by association among family members of people with mental illness

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-80

  Van der Sanden, Remko L M ^a   Bos, Arjan E R ^b   Stutterheim, Sarah E ^b   Pryor, John B ^c   Kok, Gerjo ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Heredity; Mental health; Mental illness; Stigma by association

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; STIGMA BY ASSOCIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881218369     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031752     Document Type: Article

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