Psychiatry and the media: From pitfalls to possibilities

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 123-125

  Salter, M ^a  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE;

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONFLICT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; TELEVISION;

EID: 0037384272     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.27.4.123     Document Type: Review

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