Media presentation of the mental health bill and representations of mental health problems

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-300

  Foster, Juliet L H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Media; Mental health bill; Mental health problems; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746312333     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.863     Document Type: Article

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