Preferred treatment for mental illness among southwestern Nigerians

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-124

  Adewuya, Abiodun ^a   Makanjuola, Roger ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

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EID: 58149518604     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.1.121     Document Type: Article

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