Students’ attitudes on persons suffering from psychological malfunctions: addition to stereotype research [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction: This paper deals with student’s attitudes towards the persons suffering from mental disorders and addicts to PAS – alcohol and drugs. It was our desire to introduce changes to the Mental Disorders Sociology Course based on the given answers.
Milana Ljubičić +2 more
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Knowledge and perception of mental disorders among relatives of mentally ill persons in a rural community in South-South Nigeria [PDF]
, 2019 Background: In Nigeria, mental disorders (MDs) are prevalent in the population and compounding the problem is the misconceptions and poor perceptions associated with these conditions.
Agofure, O +2 more
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Experiences of women farmworkers in Michigan: Perspectives from the Michigan Farmworker Project
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Agricultural work presents significant physical and social challenges globally and in the United States, with women farmworkers facing unique risks that remain underexplored. This study examines the social and occupational hazards confronted by women farmworkers in Michigan using data from the Michigan Farmworker Project.
Alexis J. Handal +3 more
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Stigmatization of mentally ill persons [PDF]
, 2018 Rad ne sadrži ...
Flegar, Renata
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Attitudes towards mentally ill in professionals working in Ndera neuropsychiatric hospital in Rwanda [PDF]
, 2012 : This quantitative study investigated the attitudes toward the mentally ill in professionals working in Ndera neuropsychiatric hospital. The research questions explored were centered on the attitudes of directly involved and supportive professionals ...
Ngirababyeyi, Alfred
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Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2018 Background/Objectives: There are few, if any, support groups in Nigeria serving the needs of carers of mentally ill persons. The purpose of this study was to assess the need for a support group among carers of outpatients at a neuropsychiatric hospital ...
Nosa Godwin Igbinomwanhia +4 more
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Empowerment Experience of Mentally Ill Persons Providing Peer Support [PDF]
, 2020 So Hyun Woo
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Migrant mothers of African origin (MMAO) face multiple situations of vulnerability in receiving societies, with implications for their right to the highest level of mental health. This study examines the intersecting social determinants that shape the experiences of suffering and well‐being expressed by MMAO engaged in transnational motherhood
Virginia Paloma +3 more
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Constraints, Ethical Dilemmas and Precautions in Psychiatric Practice within Non-Contemporaneous Mental Health Laws: A Nigerian Experience with Involuntary Commitment [PDF]
, 2019 Mental health laws play a major role in protecting the rights and privileges of mentally ill persons by providing a legal framework for their care, particularly in regards to involuntary commitment.
Akanni, Oluyemi, Igbinomwanhia, Nosa
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Human rights of persons with mental illness
Archives of Mental Health, 2011 The understanding of mental illness has evolved over the years. Right from being thought to be due to possession by evil spirits to the current bio-socio-psychological model of illness, what has remained consistent however is the violation of their human rights. Though the efforts to redress this have started from the times of Pinel, the real focus has
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