Stigma of mental illness

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 219-230

  Yang, L H ^a   Cho, S H ^a   Kleinman, A ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Deviance; Discrimination; HIV; Human rights; Mental illness; Prejudice; Psychiatric illness; Racism; Stereotype; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954143372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00047-2     Document Type: Chapter

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