Peer Education as a Strategy for Reducing Internalized Stigma among Depressed Older Adults

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 186-193

  Conner, Kyaien O ^a   McKinnon, Symone A ^b   Ward, Christine J ^c   Reynolds, Charles F ^c   Brown, Charlotte ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; depression; Internalized stigma; peer education

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84945956274     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/prj0000109     Document Type: Article

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