Social network as a determinant of pathway to mental health service utilization among psychotic patients in a Nigerian hospital

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-20

  Lasebikan, Victor O ^a   Owoaje, Eme T ^b   Asuzu, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alternative sources of care; psychotics; service utilization; social networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CLERGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; NIGERIA; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLERGY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855802574     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.91010     Document Type: Article

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