Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 180-186 , November 2009

Perceived stigma among individuals with common mental disorders

  • Jordi Alonso

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica, (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Health Services Research Unit (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), PRBB, Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +34 933 160 760; fax: +34 933 160 797.
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  • Andrea Buron

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica, (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Barcelona, Spain
    • Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Unit IMAS-UPF-ASPB, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Sonia Rojas-Farreras

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica, (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Ron de Graaf

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos-Instituut), The Netherlands
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  • Josep Mª Haro

      Affiliations

    • Fundació Sant Joan de Déu (SJD-SSM), Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain
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  • Giovanni de Girolamo

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Centro S. Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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  • Ronny Bruffaerts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Viviane Kovess

      Affiliations

    • Fondation MGEN Pour La Santé Publique, Univesité Paris 5, Paris, France
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  • Herbert Matschinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany
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  • Gemma Vilagut

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica, (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
    • ,
  • for the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators

      Affiliations

    • The ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators are: Jordi Alonso; Matthias Angermeyer; Sebastian Bernert, Ronny Bruffaerts, Traolach S. Brugha; Giovanni de Girolamo; Ron de Graaf; Koen Demyttenaere; Isabelle Gasquet; Josep Maria Haro; Steven J. Katz; Ronald C. Kessler; Viviane Kovess; Jean Pierre Lépine; Johan Ormel; and Gemma Vilagut.

Received 21 November 2008 ,Revised 9 February 2009 ,Accepted 9 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.02.006

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 180-186 , November 2009

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