Stigma and its impact on help-seeking for mental disorders: What do we know?

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-37

  Schomerus, Georg ^a   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REVIEW; STIGMA;

EID: 41349083380     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X00002669     Document Type: Review

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