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In Our Own Voice-Family Companion: Reducing Self-Stigma of Family Members of Persons With Serious Mental Illness

Deborah Perlick, Ann Nelson, Kate Mattias, James Selzer, Carla Kalvin, Charles H. Wilber, Brittney Huntington, Caroline S. Holman, Patrick W. Corrigan

Psychiatric Services · 2011 · 82 citations · 40 references

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Abstract

Peer-led group interventions may be more effective in reducing family self-stigma than clinician-led education, at least for persons reporting experiencing low to moderate anxiety levels on a standard questionnaire

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