Public stigma and self-stigma: Differential association with attitudes toward formal and informal help seeking

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 232-238

  Pattyn, Elise ^a   Verhaeghe, Mieke ^b   Sercu, Charlotte ^a   Bracke, Piet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Katho University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; PUBLIC STIGMA; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF STIGMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA; VIGNETTE; ANTICIPATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BELGIUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84893651294     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200561     Document Type: Article

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