Omotara B. Abayomi

A Facility-based Assessment of Internalized Stigma among Patients with Severe Mental Illnesses in Maiduguri, North-Eastern Nigeria

Abdu W. Ibrahim, Yerima M. Mukhtar, Pindar K. Sadique, Bolori M. Tahir, Amodu M. Olabisi, Rabbebe I. Bukar, Wakil M. Abba & Omotara B. Abayomi · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2015

Introduction: Public stigmatization of mental illnesses might lead to the internalization of the stigma by persons with mental illness (PWMIs) which might also lead to erosion of self-esteem and negative consequences on treatment outcome. This study assessed the prevalence of int...