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Nigerian psychiatry in perspective
Author(s) -
Jegede R. O.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1981.tb00649.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , psychiatry , service (business) , social psychiatry , population , psychology , medicine , mental health , environmental health , computer science , business , marketing , artificial intelligence
The history of Nigerian psychiatry is reviewed, and the main features and leading figures identified. The author then proceeds to discuss future directions to be taken by Nigerian psychiatry, if it is to effectively meet the challenges involved, the most prominent being to provide service for a large but growing population living in rapidly changing times.