Coping with stigma by association and family burden among family members of people with mental illness

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 710-717

  Van Der Sanden, Remko L M ^a   Stutterheim, Sarah E ^b   Pryor, John B ^c   Kok, Gerjo ^a   Bos, Arjan E R ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden; Coping; Mental illness; Stigma; Stigma by association

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; STIGMA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; COST OF ILLNESS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84915821083     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000189     Document Type: Article

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