Stigma, Discrimination, Treatment Effectiveness, and Policy: Public Views About Drug Addiction and Mental Illness
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- 1 October 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in Psychiatric Services
- Vol. 65 (10) , 1269-1272
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400140
Abstract
ObjectivePublic attitudes about drug addiction and mental illness were compared.MethodsA Web-based national survey (N=709) was conducted to compare attitudes about stigma, discrimination, treatment...Keywords
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