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The Development of a Community Psychiatric Program At Igbo-Ora, Nigeria

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  • Akolawole Ayonrinde

    (Department of Psychiatry University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria)

  • Olayiwola A. Erinosho

    (Department of Sociology University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria)

Abstract

The authors present a first report of their attempt to develop a community oriented mental health programme. The programme which was preceded by a survey of the attitudes of some opinion leaders in the community of the rural town of Igbo-Ora, Nigeria, was followed by a community mental health education and a record of the effect on the attitude of the opinion leaders. The mental health education was immediately followed by the introduction of a psychiatric clinic at the rural health centre. The paper reports on a fifteen-month neuropsychiatric intake at the clinic and presents some case illustrations to emphasise the impact this sort of programme could have on preventive mental health care.

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  • Akolawole Ayonrinde & Olayiwola A. Erinosho, 1980. "The Development of a Community Psychiatric Program At Igbo-Ora, Nigeria," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 26(3), pages 190-195, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:26:y:1980:i:3:p:190-195
    DOI: 10.1177/002076408002600306
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