Effects of the Mental Illness Label in 1993: Acceptance and Rejection in the Community

Journal of Health and Social Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Page, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICHIGAN; ONTARIO; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029610336     PISSN: 08977186     EISSN: 15404064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J045v07n02_05     Document Type: Article

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