Mental health stigma update: A review of consequences

Advances in Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 202-215

  Sickel, Amy E ^a   Seacat, Jason D ^b   Nabors, Nina A ^a  

^a WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Mental health; Mental health stigma; Stigma; Stigma consequences; Stigma modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923654106     PISSN: 18387357     EISSN: 18374905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18374905.2014.11081898     Document Type: Article

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