Prevalence and correlates of negative disposition to marital homogamy among a sample of psychiatric outpatients in Nigeria

Prevalence and correlates of negative disposition to marital homogamy among a sample of psychiatric outpatients in Nigeria

Objective: Persons with mental illness (PWMI) have reduced chances of getting married to individuals without mental illness, yet, so much controversy surrounds the propriety or otherwise of a psychiatric patient marrying another psychiatric patient (marital homogamy). The factors that are associated...

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Main Author: Samuel O Osasona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Taiwanese Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
psychiatric patients
social distance
sociodemographic status
stigma
Online Access:http://www.e-tjp.org/article.asp?issn=1028-3684;year=2022;volume=36;issue=1;spage=12;epage=18;aulast=Osasona

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