| Title |
The stigma of mental illness in Southern Ghana: attitudes of the urban population and patients’ views
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, September 2010
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00127-010-0290-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Antonia Barke, Seth Nyarko, Dorothee Klecha |
| Abstract |
Stigma is a frequent accompaniment of mental illness leading to a number of detrimental consequences. Most research into the stigma connected to mental illness was conducted in the developed world. So far, few data exist on countries in sub-Saharan Africa and no data have been published on population attitudes towards mental illness in Ghana. Even less is known about the stigma actually perceived by the mentally ill persons themselves. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 328 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 65 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 52 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 9% |
| Researcher | 30 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 29 | 9% |
| Other | 54 | 16% |
| Unknown | 70 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 65 | 20% |
| Psychology | 58 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 47 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 35 | 11% |
| Neuroscience | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 40 | 12% |
| Unknown | 80 | 24% |
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