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Perceptions held by adolescents about the value and social stigma of both psychiatric hospitalization and outpatient therapy for adolescents are examined. Perceptions about preferred forms of treatment for specific adolescent problems are also analyzed. The results indicate that attitudes are significantly influenced by proximity to treatment setting, i.e., adolescents currently being treated are more positive than adolescents who have been previously or never treated. Contextual and attributional explanations are considered.
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Pugh, R.L., Ackerman, B.J., McColgan, E.B. et al. Attitudes of adolescents toward adolescent psychiatric treatment. J Child Fam Stud 3, 351–363 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02233995
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