Mental health consumer and caregiver perceptions of stigma in Australian community pharmacies

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 533-543

  Knox, Kathy ^a   Fejzic, Jasmina ^a   Mey, Amary ^a   Fowler, Jane L ^a   Kelly, Fiona ^a,b   McConnell, Denise ^a   Hattingh, Laetitia ^a,c   Wheeler, Amanda J ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

caregivers; community pharmacy; consumers; mental health; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890055788     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764013503149     Document Type: Article

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