## Abstract The primary aim of this study was to determine whether naturalistic, interpersonal contact with persons with a severe mental illness (SMI) could reduce stigma. Participants from the agency Compeer (which pairs volunteers with people with SMI) were compared to volunteers from a control a
On the stigma of mental illness
โ Scribed by John Cumming; Elaine Cumming
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1965
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 665 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-3853
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