The carter center mental health program: Addressing the public health crisis in the field of mental health through policy change and stigma reduction

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Palpant, Rebecca G ^a   Steimnitz, Rachael ^b   Bornemann, Thomas H ^a   Hawkins, Katie ^c  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84978771300     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
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