Lay explanations of Mental Disorder: A test of the folk psychiatry model

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-125

  Levi, Meredith ^a   Haslam, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 20744442729     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2702_3     Document Type: Article

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