Femi Oyebode
Biographic Data
| ID | 85200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Femi Oyebode |
| GIVEN NAMES | Femi |
| FAMILY NAME | Oyebode |
| SIGNATURE | OYEBODE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9637-0759 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Doppelgänger
The concept of doppelgänger, or 'double' – a conceived exact but sometimes invisible replica of a living person – has fascinated and intrigued people for centuries. This notion has a long history and is a widespread belief among cultural groups around the world. Doppelgängers have influenced literature and cinema, with writers such as Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Robert Louis Stevenson, and directors like Alfred Hitchcock exploring the phenomenon to gr…
Doppelgänger
Fiction and psychiatry
Attitude Towards Mental Illness in Southeastern Nigeria
The effect of mental illness stigma can be greater in the developing world where sufferers are additionally affected by destitution. This study investigated the attitudes of the Igbo people of Southeastern Nigeria toward mental illness to establish the extent and determinants of negative attitudes. Multistage sampling was used to select participants ( n = 602), to whom questionnaires were administered. More than half of all the demographic groups…
Pathways to mental healthcare in south-eastern Nigeria
In sub-Saharan Africa, traditional and faith healers provide competing services alongside biomedical professionals. This may be associated with delays in reaching specialised mental health services, and hence with longer duration of untreated illness. As first line care constitutes a crucial stage in accessing of psychiatric care, investigating pathways to mental healthcare can highlight help-seeking choices. This study explored the pathways to c…
Nosology in Psychiatry
Normality and Mental Health
Sims' Symptoms in the Mind
Attachment and Coping Strategies in Middle Childhood Children whose Mothers Have a Mental Health Problem
Mental health has implications for the quality of relationships within a family, particularly between parents and children, but also between other family and non-family members. Previous research has investigated parental reports of attachment in families with mental health problems, but relationship representations as experienced by these children, especially in middle childhood, have not been so frequently investigated. An understanding of chil…
Poverty, social inequality and mental health
The World Health Organization has described poverty as the greatest cause of suffering on earth. This article considers the direct and indirect effects of relative poverty on the development of emotional, behavioural and psychiatric problems, in the context of the growing inequality between rich and poor. The problems of children in particular are reviewed. Targets to reduce inequality have been set both nationally and internationally.
Pathways to mental healthcare in south-eastern Nigeria
In sub-Saharan Africa, traditional and faith healers provide competing services alongside biomedical professionals. This may be associated with delays in reaching specialised mental health services, and hence with longer duration of untreated illness. As first line care constitutes a crucial stage in accessing of psychiatric care, investigating pathways to mental healthcare can highlight help-seeking choices. This study explored the pathways to c…
Attitude Towards Mental Illness in Southeastern Nigeria
The effect of mental illness stigma can be greater in the developing world where sufferers are additionally affected by destitution. This study investigated the attitudes of the Igbo people of Southeastern Nigeria toward mental illness to establish the extent and determinants of negative attitudes. Multistage sampling was used to select participants ( n = 602), to whom questionnaires were administered. More than half of all the demographic groups…
Attachment and Coping Strategies in Middle Childhood Children whose Mothers Have a Mental Health Problem
Mental health has implications for the quality of relationships within a family, particularly between parents and children, but also between other family and non-family members. Previous research has investigated parental reports of attachment in families with mental health problems, but relationship representations as experienced by these children, especially in middle childhood, have not been so frequently investigated. An understanding of chil…
Poverty, social inequality and mental health
The World Health Organization has described poverty as the greatest cause of suffering on earth. This article considers the direct and indirect effects of relative poverty on the development of emotional, behavioural and psychiatric problems, in the context of the growing inequality between rich and poor. The problems of children in particular are reviewed. Targets to reduce inequality have been set both nationally and internationally.
Attachment and Coping Strategies in Middle Childhood Children whose Mothers Have a Mental Health Problem
Mental health has implications for the quality of relationships within a family, particularly between parents and children, but also between other family and non-family members. Previous research has investigated parental reports of attachment in families with mental health problems, but relationship representations as experienced by these children, especially in middle childhood, have not been so frequently investigated. An understanding of chil…
Sims' Symptoms in the Mind
Nosology in Psychiatry
Normality and Mental Health
Attitude Towards Mental Illness in Southeastern Nigeria
The effect of mental illness stigma can be greater in the developing world where sufferers are additionally affected by destitution. This study investigated the attitudes of the Igbo people of Southeastern Nigeria toward mental illness to establish the extent and determinants of negative attitudes. Multistage sampling was used to select participants ( n = 602), to whom questionnaires were administered. More than half of all the demographic groups…
Pathways to mental healthcare in south-eastern Nigeria
In sub-Saharan Africa, traditional and faith healers provide competing services alongside biomedical professionals. This may be associated with delays in reaching specialised mental health services, and hence with longer duration of untreated illness. As first line care constitutes a crucial stage in accessing of psychiatric care, investigating pathways to mental healthcare can highlight help-seeking choices. This study explored the pathways to c…
Fiction and psychiatry
Doppelgänger
The concept of doppelgänger, or 'double' – a conceived exact but sometimes invisible replica of a living person – has fascinated and intrigued people for centuries. This notion has a long history and is a widespread belief among cultural groups around the world. Doppelgängers have influenced literature and cinema, with writers such as Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Robert Louis Stevenson, and directors like Alfred Hitchcock exploring the phenomenon to gr…
Doppelgänger
Psychology (8 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (3 works) · Mental illness (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Disease (2 works)