Public attitudes, stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness

Society and Psychosis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 179-197

  Thornicroft, Graham ^a   Kassam, Aliya ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544064.012     Document Type: Chapter

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