Poverty and mental illness

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-290

  Saraceno, Benedetto ^a   Barbui, Corrado ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

cultural poverty; material poverty; mental illness; service delivery poverty

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POVERTY; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0031009144     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379704200306     Document Type: Review

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