Applicability and future status of schizophrenia as a construct in Africa

Schizophr Res. 2022 Apr:242:52-55. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.01.023. Epub 2022 Feb 10.

Authors

Oye Gureje¹, Akin Ojagbemi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Electronic address: ogureje@com.ui.edu.ng.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

PMID: 35151534
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.01.023

No abstract available

Keywords: Cultural beliefs; Explanatory models; Healers; Help seeking; Psychotic symptoms.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Africa / epidemiology
Humans
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Psychotic Disorders*
Schizophrenia* / therapy

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