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Changing Stigma Through Contact by Patrick W. Corrigan

"A review of the research literature suggest three approaches for diminishing social stigma: protest, education, and contact. Although each may have positive impacts, previous studies have suggested that interpersonal contact between the general pulic and people with mental illness often leads to the largest nd most significant change for the better."

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