Medical students' beliefs and attitudes toward mental illness: Effects of a psychiatric education

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-70

  Aghukwa, Chikaodiri Nkereuwem ^a,b  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 75649100163     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.34.1.67     Document Type: Article

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