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

Background . Mental illness is becoming an inevitable part of life with an estimation of over 150 million cases occurring worldwide, commencing as early as age 15 and leading to disability and impairments. Caring for patients with chronic mental illnesses is increasingly becoming an unending fastidi...

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Main Authors: Olawunmi Olagundoye, Victor Akhuemokhan, Morenike Alugo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Continuo 2017-04-01
Series:Family Medicine & Primary Care Review
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