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Takai MG
Takai MG
Nigeria
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A Descriptive Study of Clients' Perspective on Psychoeducation in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital
Author(s): Takai MG and Aghukwa Nkereuwem ChikaodiriTakai MG and Aghukwa Nkereuwem Chikaodiri
Objective: Giving information to patients and their relations about the illness has a proven advantage towards sustaining an improved mental health in the patients. This study set to know if the patients that attended the mental health services in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria received psychoeducation during formal clinic consultations. Method: A cross sectional descriptive study that interviewed randomly selected 336 patients and their relatives who have been utilizing the hospital’s Specialty Out-patient Clinic facility. A pretested interviewer administered questionnaire was designed for this study that sort to know if during clinic consultations, the respondents were given basic information about the illness, the drug treatment and how to cope with the stress and stigma that comes with mental illness. Result: Schizophrenia disorder was the predominant illness among the respo.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2378-5756.1000282