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Attitudes towards mental illness in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, July 2012
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Title
Attitudes towards mental illness in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey
Published in
BMC Public Health, July 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-12-541
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Authors

Jim Crabb, Robert C Stewart, Demoubly Kokota, Neil Masson, Sylvester Chabunya, Rajeev Krishnadas

Abstract

Stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness are strongly linked to suffering, disability and poverty. In order to protect the rights of those with mental disorders and to sensitively develop services, it is vital to gain a more accurate understanding of the frequency and nature of stigma against people with mental illness. Little research about this issue has been conducted in Sub- Saharan Africa. Our study aimed to describe levels of stigma in Malawi.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Nigeria 2 <1%
Switzerland 2 <1%
Unknown 257 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 42 16%
Student > Master 38 15%
Student > Postgraduate 19 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 6%
Researcher 14 5%
Other 49 19%
Unknown 84 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 62 24%
Psychology 38 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 25 10%
Social Sciences 21 8%
Unspecified 6 2%
Other 23 9%
Unknown 86 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 August 2023.
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#7,995,709
of 24,736,359 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#8,456
of 16,383 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#54,767
of 168,420 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#153
of 333 outputs
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