Sick in the Head? Pathogen Concerns Bias Implicit Perceptions of Mental Illness
Biases against the mentally ill are historically and cross-culturally pervasive, suggesting they may have an evolutionary basis. The prevailing view is that people seek to distance themselves from the mentally ill because they are perceived as dangerous, violent, and incompetent. However, because of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491401200403 |