The reciprocal relationship between suicidality and stigma

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2017, Pages

  Carpiniello, Bernardo ^a   Pinna, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Internalized stigma; Media; Mental disorders; Mental illness; Risk factors; Stigma; Suicide

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 85016143672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00035     Document Type: Review

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