Clinical psychologists' perceptions of persons with mental illness

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-219

  Servais, Lynn M ^a,b   Saunders, Stephen M ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes of psychologists; Disidentification; Mental health attitudes; Professional bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248371708     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.38.2.214     Document Type: Article

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