Olayiwola A Erinosho
Biographic Data
| ID | 127195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olayiwola A Erinosho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olayiwola A |
| FAMILY NAME | Erinosho |
| SIGNATURE | ERINOSHO O A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ibadan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Social Dimension of Nigeria's Democratic Process
Social Values in a Reforming Society
Thirty-Three Years of Sociology in Nigeria
This brief paper will attempt to do the following: it will describe the evolution of Nigerian sociology, highlight its orientation and contributions, as well as attempt a prognosis of its future direction
A Cross-National Comparison of Patterns of Utilization and Psychiatric Care
The importance of the outcomes of Hollingshead and Redlich's Social Class and Mental Illness in Community is clearly marked by the proliferation of comments and similar studies which replete available literature since the publication of this original work. The objectives of this paper are (a) to determine the relationship between social class and the utilization of a public psychiatric facility in Nigeria; (b) examine the range of treated patient…
Educational Background and Attitude to Mental Illness Among the Yoruba in Nigeria
A community survey which involved 771 rural/urban respondents in Nigeria was undertaken in order to investigate the knowledge and opinion about descriptions which are prototypic of mentally ill persons. This report focuses on the relationship between levels of education and opinion as well as tolerance of the respondents for persons who might fit the descriptions. The findings indicate that substantial proportions among the literate and nonlitera…
The Development of a Community Psychiatric Program At Igbo-Ora, Nigeria
The authors present a first report of their attempt to develop a community oriented mental health programme. The programme which was preceded by a survey of the attitudes of some opinion leaders in the community of the rural town of Igbo-Ora, Nigeria, was followed by a community mental health education and a record of the effect on the attitude of the opinion leaders. The mental health education was immediately followed by the introduction of a p…
Mental Health Delivery-Systems and Post-Treatment Performance in Nigeria
A retrospective study was made, investigating the post-treatment outcomes of patients in two apparently dissimilar psychiatric therapeutic centres in Nigeria: the Aro Mental Hospital, a custodial facility, and the Aro Community Village Program, a pilot experiment in community psychiatry. A matches sample of 208 treated patients and their next of kin was focussed upon. An organizational study of the milieux was also undertaken. No significant diff…
Sociocultural Antecedents of Magical Thinking in a Modernizing African Society
Despite the consensual adherence to a magico-mythical orientation in Africa, it was hypothesized that a deeper fear of bewitchment is likely to exist among persons with low as opposed to those who enjoy high levels of social functioning. A community survey involving 771 adult respondents in an urban and a rural area in Western Nigeria was under-taken. Socioeconomic background data and indices of the social functioning level of the respondents wer…
Pathways To Mental Health Delivery-Systems in Nigeria
This study investigated the referral sources and pathways of treated psychiatric patients to two therapeutic facilities in Nigeria. The centres are: Aro Mental Hospital; and Aro Community Village Programme. The result indicates that next of kin are the primary referral source for treated schizophrenic patients. Secondly there is a hierarchy in the pathways to the facilities. Patients often seek care from native healers, then syncretic churches be…
Thirty-Three Years of Sociology in Nigeria
This brief paper will attempt to do the following: it will describe the evolution of Nigerian sociology, highlight its orientation and contributions, as well as attempt a prognosis of its future direction
Social Values in a Reforming Society
Educational Background and Attitude to Mental Illness Among the Yoruba in Nigeria
A community survey which involved 771 rural/urban respondents in Nigeria was undertaken in order to investigate the knowledge and opinion about descriptions which are prototypic of mentally ill persons. This report focuses on the relationship between levels of education and opinion as well as tolerance of the respondents for persons who might fit the descriptions. The findings indicate that substantial proportions among the literate and nonlitera…
Pathways To Mental Health Delivery-Systems in Nigeria
This study investigated the referral sources and pathways of treated psychiatric patients to two therapeutic facilities in Nigeria. The centres are: Aro Mental Hospital; and Aro Community Village Programme. The result indicates that next of kin are the primary referral source for treated schizophrenic patients. Secondly there is a hierarchy in the pathways to the facilities. Patients often seek care from native healers, then syncretic churches be…
Mental Health Delivery-Systems and Post-Treatment Performance in Nigeria
A retrospective study was made, investigating the post-treatment outcomes of patients in two apparently dissimilar psychiatric therapeutic centres in Nigeria: the Aro Mental Hospital, a custodial facility, and the Aro Community Village Program, a pilot experiment in community psychiatry. A matches sample of 208 treated patients and their next of kin was focussed upon. An organizational study of the milieux was also undertaken. No significant diff…
Sociocultural Antecedents of Magical Thinking in a Modernizing African Society
Despite the consensual adherence to a magico-mythical orientation in Africa, it was hypothesized that a deeper fear of bewitchment is likely to exist among persons with low as opposed to those who enjoy high levels of social functioning. A community survey involving 771 adult respondents in an urban and a rural area in Western Nigeria was under-taken. Socioeconomic background data and indices of the social functioning level of the respondents wer…
The Development of a Community Psychiatric Program At Igbo-Ora, Nigeria
The authors present a first report of their attempt to develop a community oriented mental health programme. The programme which was preceded by a survey of the attitudes of some opinion leaders in the community of the rural town of Igbo-Ora, Nigeria, was followed by a community mental health education and a record of the effect on the attitude of the opinion leaders. The mental health education was immediately followed by the introduction of a p…
A Cross-National Comparison of Patterns of Utilization and Psychiatric Care
The importance of the outcomes of Hollingshead and Redlich's Social Class and Mental Illness in Community is clearly marked by the proliferation of comments and similar studies which replete available literature since the publication of this original work. The objectives of this paper are (a) to determine the relationship between social class and the utilization of a public psychiatric facility in Nigeria; (b) examine the range of treated patient…
Educational Background and Attitude to Mental Illness Among the Yoruba in Nigeria
A community survey which involved 771 rural/urban respondents in Nigeria was undertaken in order to investigate the knowledge and opinion about descriptions which are prototypic of mentally ill persons. This report focuses on the relationship between levels of education and opinion as well as tolerance of the respondents for persons who might fit the descriptions. The findings indicate that substantial proportions among the literate and nonlitera…
Thirty-Three Years of Sociology in Nigeria
This brief paper will attempt to do the following: it will describe the evolution of Nigerian sociology, highlight its orientation and contributions, as well as attempt a prognosis of its future direction
Social Values in a Reforming Society
The Social Dimension of Nigeria's Democratic Process
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works)