The effects of brief indirect contact on mental illness stigma: Preliminary evidence from an Italian vocational rehabilitation center.
BACKGROUND: Contact has been shown to be one of the most effective methods to reduce mental illness stigma, but prior research on the contact hypothesis has been limited by reliance on retrospective data and forced, laboratory-based contact rather than in community settings. OBJECTIVE: The primary g...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 399 - 406 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2017
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