Comparing perceived public stigma and personal stigma of mental health treatment seeking in a young adult sample

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-150

  Pedersen, Eric R ^a   Paves, Andrew P ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anxiety; College; Depression; Mental health treatment; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEIVED PUBLIC STIGMA; PERSONAL STIGMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STIGMA; SUBSTANCE USE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING; STUDENT; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902537522     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.05.017     Document Type: Article

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