Attacks on antidepressants: Signs of deep-seated stigma?

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 102-104

  Nutt, David J ^a   Goodwin, Guy M ^b   Bhugra, Dinesh ^c   Fazel, Seena ^b   Lawrie, Stephen ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; STIGMA;

EID: 84902599852     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)70232-9     Document Type: Note

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