Article

Health workers’ attitude towards children and adolescents with mental illness in a teaching hospital in north-central Nigeria

Published in: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Volume 31 , issue 2 , 2019 , pages: 125–137

DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2019.1663742

Author(s): Friday Philip Tungchama Department of Psychiatry, Nigeria , Olayinka Egbokhare Department of Communication and Language Arts, Nigeria , Olayinka Omigbodun Department of Psychiatry, Nigeria , Cornelius Ani Centre for Psychiatry, Hammersmith Hospital Campus,

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Abstract

Objective: Public stigma against mental illness is well studied. However, there is a dearth of research into health workers’ attitude towards children and adolescents with mental illness, especially in low- and middle income countries such Nigeria.

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