Representations of "mental illness" in Serbian newspapers: A critical discourse analysis

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 167-186

  Bilić, Bojan ^a,b   Georgaca, Eugenie ^b  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

"Mental illness"; Discourse analysis; Newspapers; Serbia; Socio political transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249104084     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780880701473573     Document Type: Article

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