Deborah Oyine Aluh|Matthew J. Okonta|Valentine U Odili
Cross-sectional survey of mental health literacy among undergraduate students of the University of Nigeria
University of Nigeria|University of Nigeria|University of Benin
study sought assess knowledge schizophrenia helpseeking behaviour among undergraduate students nigerian university sociodemographic predictors correct recognition also exploredthe study crosssectional descriptive surveythe study carried university nigeria pioneer university located southeastern nigeriaundergraduate students university nigeriaall consenting male female students three purposively selected faculties recruited study selfadministered vignettebased questionnaires distributed students selected faculties september november 2018 data analysed using ibm statistical product services solution windows v210out 400 questionnaires distributed 389 completed returned 973 response rate respondents mainly female 649 n252 ages 18 24 years 758 n294 one eight respondents 121 n47 correctly identified labelled schizophrenia vignette hallucination identified symptom distress schizophrenia 479 n186 common alternative label schizophrenia mental illness 247 n96 schizophrenia also mislabelled depression 116 n45 10th respondents used stigmatising labels crazy mad 111 n43 psychiatrists recommended source help vignette character 363 n141 strong association faculty study ability correctly identify label schizophrenia vignette 244557 p0001mental health literacy among students university nigeria poor research culturally sensitive interventions improve mental health literacy embarked