The knowledge and attitudes of psychiatrists towards antipsychotic long-acting injections in Nigeria.

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Published in Ther Adv Psychopharmacol on October 01, 2012

Authors

Bawo O James1, Joyce O Omoaregba, Kingsley M Okonoda, Edebi U Otefe, Maxine X Patel

Author Affiliations

1: Federal Psychiatric Hospital, Ugbowo Lagos Road, Benin City, 30001, Nigeria.

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