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Nigerian primary health care workers: a pilot survey on attitude to mental health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. O. Ogunlesi  and
M. L. Adelekan
A. O. Ogunlesi*
Affiliation:
Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, PMB 2002, Abeokuta, Nigeria
M. L. Adelekan
Affiliation:
Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, PMB 2002, Abeokuta, Nigeria
*
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The history of health services in Nigeria shows that the earliest services were provided for sailors and slaves. Later, government services were introduced mainly to cater for European civil servants and military personnel. Since the introduction of these rudimentary services, the health services in Nigeria have undergone a series of developmental epochs.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 12 , Issue 10 , October 1988 , pp. 441 - 443
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Paper presented at the National Conference on ‘The Role of Mental Health in Primary Health Care’ held at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, 1–3 December 1987.

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