Attitudes toward disabilities and mental illness in work settings: A review;Atteggiamenti nei confronti della malattia mentale e delle disabilità nei luoghi di lavoro: Una rassegna

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-46

  Mangili, Edoardo ^a   Ponteri, Marco ^a   Buizza, Chiara ^a   Rossi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Disability; Employees; Employers; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAINING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 1942456550     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X00003213     Document Type: Review

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