FIFTY YORUBA male patients were interviewed in the psychiatric out patient clinic at the Ife University Teaching Hospitals Complex Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
The interviews revealed that 38% of the psychiatric patients referred for treatment were by friends of the patients, followed by the general hospital 12 % and neighbours 10%. Whereas, decisions were made by the patient's nearest relative such as the father, 11 %, the mother, 16%; the eldest brother of the patients made 20% of all the decisions.
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