Genetic attributions and mental illness diagnosis: Effects on perceptions of danger, social distance, and real helping decisions

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 781-789

  Lee, Aaron A ^a   Laurent, Sean M ^b   Wykes, Thomas L ^a   Kitchen Andren, Katherine A ^a   Bourassa, Katelynn A ^a   McKibbin, Christine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Essentialism; Genetic; Helping; Mental illness; Social distance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84901733553     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0764-1     Document Type: Article

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