Perception and beliefs about mental illness among adults in Karfi village, northern Nigeria

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-5

  Kabir, Mohammed ^a,b   Iliyasu, Zubair ^a,b   Abubakar, Isa S ^a,b   Aliyu, Muktar H ^a,b,c  

^a AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Mental illness; Northern Nigeria; Perception

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL AREA; SCIENCE; SYMPTOM; TRUST;

EID: 4544375652     PISSN: 1472698X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-4-1     Document Type: Article

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