Stigma by association
- 1 December 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 181 (6), 494-498
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.181.6.494
Abstract
Background Stigma affects not only people with mental illnesses, but their families as well. Understanding how stigma affects family members in terms of both their psychological response to the ill person and their contacts with psychiatric services will improve interactions with the family.Keywords
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