Children, culture, and mental illness: Public knowledge and stigma toward childhood problems

The SAGE Handbook of Mental Health and Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 202-217

  Perry, Brea ^a   Pescosolido, Bernice A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446200988.n10     Document Type: Chapter

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