Stigmatizing attributions about mental illness

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-102

  Corrigan, Patrick W ^a   River, L Philip ^a   Lundin, Robert K ^a   Wasowski, Kyle Uphoff ^a   Campion, John ^a   Mathisen, James ^a   Goldstein, Hillel ^a   Bergman, Maria ^a   Gagnon, Christine ^a   Kubiak, Mary Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Prairie State College   (United States)

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EID: 0034420064     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(200001)28:1<91::AID-JCOP9>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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