BACKGROUND: Prejudices against @entity1 with @entity1032 are widespread in many societies leading to a number of detrimental consequences. In order to adequately develop programmes and services that will help protect the rights and privileges of @entity1 with @entity1032 , it is imperative to study the nature of stigma and factors associated with it. Our objective in this study was to observe the level of stigmatisation of the mentally ill among employees of a Nigerian University and the factors associated with it. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was carried out at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital and the Ahmadu Bello University main campus. Employing a two-staged random sampling technique, 15 departments were chosen from both institutions, after which 10 @entity1 were further sampled from each department to obtain a total of 150 @entity1 . All the @entity1 were administered the socio-demographic questionnaire and @entity1032 Clinicians' Attitude 4(th) version (MICA 4). RESULTS: The findings indicate that 53.4% of respondents' classified as high stigmatisation while 46.6% was classified as low stigmatisation. Low scores on stigmatisation were observed among departments of psychiatry, nursing and ophthalmology, while high scores were observed among respondents from administration and engineering. Relationship between variables and predictors of stigmatisation were also established. CONCLUSION: There is a high tendency to stigmatise @entity1 with @entity1032 except where there has been some contact with mental health practice or among the clinical departments in the hospital. We recommend community psychiatry care for the mentally ill and psycho-education for staff periodically to reduce this level of stigmatisation.

Stigmatisation of XXXX among employees of a Northern Nigerian University.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'people', 'persons'] @entity1032 :: ('MESH:D008607', 'Disease') :: ['mental illness', 'Mental Illness']
@entity1032 :: (MESH:D008607,Disease) :: ['mental illness']
