Stigmatizing attitude towards mental illness, disabilities, emotional and behavioural disorders, among healthcare students in a Tropical University College of Health Sciences

Stigmatizing attitude towards mental illness, disabilities, emotional and behavioural disorders, among healthcare students in a Tropical University College of Health Sciences

BACKGROUND: Stigma toward mental illness (MI), physical disability (DA), and emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) has been identified as a form of violence and a cause of nontake-up of help by people in need. Stigmatization can aggravate an individual's feeling of rejection and incompetence and...

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Main Authors: Ifeoma Adaigwe Amaechi, Paul Osemeke Nwani, Augustine Onyebuchi Akadieze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Subjects:
attitude
disability
emotional and behavioural disorders
healthcare students
mental illness
stigma
Online Access:http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2023;volume=12;issue=1;spage=82;epage=82;aulast=Amaechi

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http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2023;volume=12;issue=1;spage=82;epage=82;aulast=Amaechi

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