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Stigmatisation of psychiatric disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stephen M. Lawrie*
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Edinburgh University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
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