Developing mental health services in Nigeria: The impact of a community-based mental health awareness programme
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This grass-roots level mental health awareness programme considerably increased use of community-based mental health services in a part of Nigeria where knowledge about treatability of mental illness was limited. The benefits of the programme were sustained for a significant period after the initial awareness programme. In order for attitude changes to be reinforced, similar awareness programmes must be repeated at regular intervals.
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Eaton and Agomoh show that an awareness program can help increase help seeking for mental disorders in Nigeria, especially if it ties in the availability of mental health services.
“Eaton and Agomoh show that such a program can help increase help seeking for mental disorders in Nigeria, especially if it ties in the availability of mental health services [56].”
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- Authors
- Eaton, J., & Agomoh, A. O.
- ORCID
- Eaton, Julian
- Venue
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Published
- 2008-02-20
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 552-558
- ISSN
- 0933-7954 (ISSN-L)
- 1433-9285
- OpenAlex
- W1532614311
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2024: 9 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 6
- FWCI
- 5.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Comic Relief
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
- Keywords
- community mental health services, attitudes toward mental illness, program sustainability, Nigeria
- MeSH terms
- Attitude to Health, Awareness, Mental Disorders, Community Mental Health Services, Health Education, Health Promotion, Humans, Nigeria, Primary Health Care, Prognosis, Psychiatric Nursing, Referral and Consultation, Reinforcement, Psychology, Seasons, Stereotyping, Program Development
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