The effects of a documentary film on reducing stigmatisation about schizophrenia

Psychosis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-72

  Larøi, Frank ^a   Van der Linden, Martial ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Documentary film; Schizophrenia; Social distance; Stereotype; Stigmatisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 64349116752     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522430802578395     Document Type: Article

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