Stigmatising attitudes towards persons with mental illness: A survey of medical students and interns from Southern Nigeria

Mental Illness

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-34

  James, Bawo Onesirosan ^a   Omoaregba, Joyce Ohiole ^a   Okogbenin, Esther Osemudiamen ^b  

^a Federal Psychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Doctors; Medical students; Mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 84864828818     PISSN: 20367457     EISSN: 20367465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/mi.2012.e8     Document Type: Article

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