Secondary school teachers' attitude to mental illness in Ogun State, Nigeria

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-63

  Aghukwa, N C ^a  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitude; Mental illness; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MASTERS EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TEACHER; TRUST; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY; VIOLENCE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREJUDICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 67649783597     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v12i1.30280     Document Type: Article

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