Mental health consumers' experience of stigma

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 467-478

  Wahl, Otto F ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Mental health consumers; Mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0032757278     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033394     Document Type: Article

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