The psychiatrization of poverty: Rethinking the mental health-poverty nexus

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 213-222

  Mills, China ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84926450691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12168     Document Type: Article

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