Mental illness and employment discrimination

@article{Stuart2006MentalIA,
  title={Mental illness and employment discrimination},
  author={Heather Stuart},
  journal={Current Opinion in Psychiatry},
  year={2006},
  volume={19},
  pages={522–526},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:45821626}
}
This review summarizes recent evidence pertaining to employment-related stigma and discrimination experienced by people with mental disabilities and outlines a broad understanding of the stigmatization process, which includes cognitive, attitudinal, behavioural and structural disadvantages.
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