Interventions to reduce discrimination and stigma: the state of the art

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 249-258

  Gronholm, Petra C ^a   Henderson, Claire ^a   Deb, Tanya ^a   Thornicroft, Graham ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviour; Discrimination; Intergroup contact; Mental disorders; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 85011272761     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-017-1341-9     Document Type: Review

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