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The Burden of Schizophrenia on the Family

A Study from Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

I. S. Martyns-Yellowe
I. S. Martyns-Yellowe*
Affiliation:
Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Rumuigbo, PMB6244, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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Abstract

The burden of schizophrenia on rural and urban Nigerian families was studied using a standardised questionnaire. Rural families experienced more burden; however, the difference was significant only in respect of financial burden. Rural families of schizophrenics were shown to be more prone to minor psychiatric morbidity than urban families. Policies should be instigated to reduce such burden.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 6 , December 1992 , pp. 779 - 782
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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