Implementing local projects to reduce the stigma of mental illness

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-25

  Warner, Richard ^a  

^a Mental Health Center of Boulder County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; STIGMA;

EID: 41349102390     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1121189x00002633     Document Type: Review

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