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The problems of mentally disturbed patients in Nigeria can be approached from various dimensions. Most relevant to this chapter is the social reaction to mental illness, which in itself is a function of various factors. These factors include the people’s belief system as it pertains to the causes and prognosis of mental illness; their attitudes toward mental illness and the mentally disturbed; and the role of the government vis-à-vis these problems.
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Odebiyi, A.I., Ogedengbe, R.O. (1995). Mentally Disturbed Patients in Nigeria. In: Price, R.K., Shea, B.M., Mookherjee, H.N. (eds) Social Psychiatry across Cultures. Topics in Social Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0632-8_2
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