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  1. Department of Sociology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

    William R. Avison

  2. Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

    Jane D. McLeod

  3. Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

    Bernice A. Pescosolido

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Pearlin, L.I., Avison, W.R., Fazio, E.M. (2007). Sociology, Psychiatry, and the Production of Knowledge about Mental Illness and Its Treatment. In: Avison, W.R., McLeod, J.D., Pescosolido, B.A. (eds) Mental Health, Social Mirror. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36320-2_2

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