Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness Among College Students

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 325-331

  Kosyluk, Kristin A ^a   Al Khouja, Maya ^b   Bink, Andrea ^b   Buchholz, Blythe ^b   Ellefson, Sarah ^b   Fokuo, Konadu ^b   Goldberg, David ^b   Kraus, Dana ^b   Leon, Adeline ^b   Michaels, Patrick ^c   Powell, Karina ^b   Schmidt, Annie ^c   Corrigan, Patrick W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Contact; Education; Mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995654903     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.05.005     Document Type: Article

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