Clergy as collaborators in the delivery of mental health care: AN exploratory survey from Benin City, Nigeria

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 569-580

  James, Bawo O ^a   Igbinomwanhia, Nosa G ^a   Omoaregba, Joyce O ^a  

^a Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

clergy; collaboration; mental illness; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CATHOLIC; CHRISTIAN; CLERGY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MUSLIM; NIGERIA; PROTESTANT; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIGNETTE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIANITY; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ISLAM; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIANITY; CLERGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906895120     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461514525219     Document Type: Article

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