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Tackling the mental illness stigma in low- and middle-income countries: lessons learned from high-income countries and mistakes to avoid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2015

A. Lasalvia
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Anti-stigma interventionsdiscriminationlow- and middle-income countriesmental illnessstigma
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Commentary to Special Articles
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , October 2015 , pp. 395 - 398
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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