Community study of knowledge of and attitude to mental illness in Nigeria

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 186, Issue MAY, 2005, Pages 436-441

  Gureje, Oye ^a,b   Lasebikan, Victor O ^a   Ephraim Oluwanuga, Olusola ^a   Olley, Benjamin O ^a   Kola, Lola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGERIA; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 18644375150     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.186.5.436     Document Type: Review

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