Stigma, agency and recovery amongst people with severe mental illness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Whitley, Rob ^a,b   Denise Campbell, Rosalyn ^b,c  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Ethnic density; Mental illness; Peer support; Qualitative; Recovery; Stigma; United States

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

AGENCY; ETHNIC DENSITY; MENTAL ILLNESS; PEER SUPPORT; QUALITATIVE; RECOVERY; STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84896998753     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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