id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_lgtaf7ayync2lfemanhl724ql4 PATRICK CORRIGAN Stigma and disclosure: Implications for coming out of the closet 2003 14 .pdf application/pdf 6881 612 56 Methods: Lessons learned about coming out by the gay and lesbian community include a including social avoidance and disapproval as key costs and improved psychological wellbeing and interpersonal relations as benefits. Conclusions: The paper ends with a review of levels of disclosure for people who opt to come Keywords: mental illness, stigma, coming out, gays contact with people with mental illness. experience of mental illness stigma differs Hence, the experience of mental illness is like many other groups in relevance for people with mental illness, Consequently, sexual minorities and individuals with mental illness 1998), empirical research generally suggests that most people with mental illness about identity development among people with mental illness, there is an the person's identity as mentally ill experiences of people with mental illness. some people with mental illness experience mandated or coercive treatment as community may inform similar experiences in people with mental illness. ./cache/work_lgtaf7ayync2lfemanhl724ql4.pdf ./txt/work_lgtaf7ayync2lfemanhl724ql4.txt