Towards caring for caregivers: assessing the burden of care and experience of associative stigma among caregivers of patients with chronic mental illnesses at a mental health care facility in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria

• Authors: Olagundoye Olawunmi , Akhuemokhan Victor , AluGo Morenike
• Languages of publication: EN

Keywords

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mental illness; family; caregivers; burden; stigma.

• Publisher: Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciół Medycyny Rodzinnej i Lekarzy Rodzinnych
• Journal: Family Medicine & Primary Care Review
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 149-155

Contributors

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Olagundoye Olawunmi

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Akhuemokhan Victor

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AluGo Morenike

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