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The Impact of Self-Stigma on Identity and Community Participation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2017

Philip T. Yanos
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City University of New York
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Mental Health Stigma and the Loss of Human Potential
, pp. 117 - 134
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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