How stigma impacts on people with psychosis: The mediating effect of self-esteem and hopelessness on subjective recovery and psychotic experiences

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 487-495

  Vass, Victoria ^a   Morrison, Anthony P ^b   Law, Heather ^b   Dudley, James ^b   Taylor, Pamela ^b   Bennett, Kate M ^a   Bentall, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indirect effects; Mental disorders; Psychosis; Social discrimination; Social stigmas; Stereotyping stigmatisation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947093705     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.09.042     Document Type: Article

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