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Elyn R. Saks Quotes: Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces.
         

Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces.


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This page presents the quote "Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces.". Author of this quote is Elyn R. Saks. This quote is about medical-profession, mental-health-stigma, mental-health-professionals, diagnosis, mental-disorder, mental-illness,.