Burden of care among caregivers of patients with bipolar affective disorder at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Calabar

Background: The advent of community-based care and de-institutionalization of persons with mental disorders have led to a progressive shift of care from formal health-care systems to informal care providers such as the family. This shift of care, from hospitals to the families, has led to a signific...

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Main Authors: Chidi John Okafor, Thomas Emedoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2021;volume=30;issue=1;spage=47;epage=54;aulast=Okafor