Developing cooperative communities to reduce stigma about mental disorders

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-164

  Gee, Alison ^a   Mcgarty, Craig ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84889589263     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2012.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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