"You don't look like one of them": Disclosure of mental illness in the workplace as an ongoing dilemma

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-147

  Peterson, Debbie ^a   Currey, Nandika ^a   Codings, Sunny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Consumer; Employment; Mental health; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB FINDING; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MORALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; TIME; WORKPLACE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB APPLICATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL STIGMA; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80155144481     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2975/35.2.2011.145.147     Document Type: Article

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