Internalized stigma and its psychosocial correlates in Korean patients with serious mental illness

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 433-439

  Kim, Woo Jung ^a   Song, Youn Joo ^a   Ryu, Hyun Sook ^a   Ryu, Vin ^b   Kim, Jae Min ^a   Ha, Ra Yeon ^a   Lee, Su Jin ^a   Namkoong, Kee ^a   Ha, Kyooseob ^b,c   Cho, Hyun Sang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Mental disorders; Psychosocial factors; Risk factors; Self concept; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERNALIZED STIGMA; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROL; HOPE; KOREA; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOPE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84922819071     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.071     Document Type: Article

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