Young people's recognition and understanding of schizophrenia: A cross-cultural study of young people from Britain and Nigeria

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 430-446

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Igboaka, Anuli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Britain; Causes; Manifestations; Nigeria; Schizophrenia; Treatments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 34548705521     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764007078348     Document Type: Article

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