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Effects of attributing serious mental illnesses to genetic causes on orientations to treatment.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) - 1 Mar 2006
Phelan Jo C, Yang Lawrence H, Cruz-Rojas Rosangely
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Professional services for persons with serious mental illnesses are underutilized. The genetics revolution has the potential to increase professional help seeking by increasing biomedical interpretations of mental illness among the public. The objective of this study was to assess whether genetic attributions for serious mental illnesses are associated with more positive orientations to professional...
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