Public conceptions of mental illness in 1950 and 1996: What is mental illness and is it to be feared?

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 188-207

  Phelan, Jo C ^a,d   Link, Bruce G ^a,b   Stueve, Ann ^a   Pescosolido, Bernice A ^c,e  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^e Indiana Consortium Mental Hlth S   (United States)

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EID: 0001759494     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676305     Document Type: Article

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