Perceived stigma of patients with severe mental illness in Hong Kong: Relationships with patients' psychosocial conditions and attitudes of family caregivers and health professionals

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-251

  Chien, Wai Tong ^a   Yeung, Frederick K K ^a   Chan, Alan H L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Expressed emotion; Mental health professionals; Perceived stigma; Psychosocial correlates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897605059     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-012-0463-3     Document Type: Article

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