Community knowledge of mental illness and reaction to mentally ill people

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue FEB., 1996, Pages 191-198

  Wolff, Geoffrey ^a,d   Pathare, Soumitra ^b   Craig, Tom ^b   Leff, Julian ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0030068899     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.2.191     Document Type: Article

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