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Early research on the effects of labeling mental disorders identified which outcome regarding the impact of stigmatization for those suffering from psychiatric conditions?

▸ Those who had been labeled as mentally ill were often unable to find either health insurance or life insurance policies.

▸ There is more mental illness in those who work in corporate America than in those who work in blue-collar professions.

▸ Those who were labeled as mentally ill had lower incomes compared to those who suffered from the same symptoms but were not so labeled.

▸ Those who had been committed to a mental health facility were generally unemployable after they were released.

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