Healthy Young Minds: The Effects of a 1-hour Classroom Workshop on Mental Illness Stigma in High School Students

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 329-337

  Ke, Sally ^a,b   Lai, Joshua ^a,b   Sun, Terri ^a,b   Yang, Michael M H ^a,b   Wang, Jay Ching Chieh ^a,b   Austin, Jehannine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Vancouver Fraser Medical Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Social distance; Stereotype; Stigma; Workshop

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84924985571     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: 15732789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-014-9763-2     Document Type: Article

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