Managing the terror of a dangerous world: Political attitudes as predictors of mental health stigma.

CONCLUSION: Characteristics of political conservatives and right-wing authoritarians (e.g. threat-aversion, personal responsibility) are predictive of mental health stigma. Terror Management Theory may also help to explain this phenomenon. PMID: 26092546 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26092546?dopt=Abstract

Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - June 19, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: DeLuca JS, Yanos PT Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: research