Developing mental health services in Nigeria : the impact of a community-based mental health awareness programme.
Julian Eaton ;
Ahamefula O Agomoh;
(2008)
Developing mental health services in Nigeria : the impact of a community-based mental health awareness programme.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 43 (7).
pp. 552-558.
ISSN 0933-7954
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0321-5
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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