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The impact of a mental health teaching programme on rural and urban secondary school students’ perceptions of mental illness in southwest Nigeria

Tolulope Bella-AwusahDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 200212Nigeria
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Babatunde AdedokunDepartment of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan200284, Nigeria
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Nisha DograGreenwood Institute for Child Health, Westcotes House, Westcotes Drive, LeicesterLE3 OQU, United Kingdom
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Olayinka OmigbodunDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 200212Nigeria;Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, College of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 200212NigeriaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 207-215 | Published online: 23 Dec 2014

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