Disclosure of mental health disabilities in the workplace

Work Accommodation and Retention in Mental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 191-217

  MacDonald Wilson, Kim L ^a   Russinova, Zlatka ^b   Sally Rogers, E ^b   Lin, Chia Huei ^a   Ferguson, Terri ^a   Dong, Shengli ^a   MacDonald, Megan Kash ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84863970079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0428-7_10     Document Type: Chapter

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