The stigma of severe mental illness: Some potential solutions for a recalcitrant problem

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-247

  Penn, David L ^a   Martin, James ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MENTAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIETY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031851278     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022153327316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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