Stigmatization of people with mental illness among inhabitants of a rural community in northern Nigeria

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-60

  Audu, Ishaq A ^a   Idris, Suleiman H ^a   Olisah, Victor O ^a   Sheikh, Taiwo L ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

adult inhabitants; discrimination; mentally ill; northern Nigeria; rural community; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872930874     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764011423180     Document Type: Article

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