The disclosure conundrum: How people with psychiatric disabilities navigate employment

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 463-500

  Goldberg, Susan G ^a,b,d   Killeen, Mary B ^a,b   O'Day, Bonnie ^b,c  

^a FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CESSI   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Institute for Policy Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Disclosure; Employment; Mental illness; Psychiatric disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344458252     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8971.11.3.463     Document Type: Review

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