Is being "sick" really better? Effect of the disease view of mental disorder on stigma

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 405-419

  Mehta, Sheila ^a   Farina, Amerigo ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^b Auburn University at Montgomery ^*

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EID: 0031329054     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.1997.16.4.405     Document Type: Article

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