Stigma and the Daily News: Evaluation of a Newspaper Intervention

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 651-656

  Stuart, Heather ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antistigma programs; Discrimination; Stigma

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HEALTH EDUCATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0346756191     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370304801002     Document Type: Review

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