Parents' stigmatizing attitudes toward psychiatric labels for ADHD and depression

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1270-1273

  Ohan, Jeneva L ^a   Visser, Troy A W ^a   Moss, Rachael G ^b   Allen, Nicholas B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84888878971     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200578     Document Type: Article

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