Objective: Public stigma against mental illness is well studied. However, there is a dearth of research into health workers' attitude towards children and adolescents with mental illness, especially in low- and middle income countries such Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 395 health workers in a Teaching Hospital in North-Central Nigeria. Participants were selected by random sampling from clinical and non-clinical departments. Participants completed questionnaires to assess stigma, knowledge, personal contact, previous training, and exposure to religious teaching on child and adolescent mental illness (CAMI). Results: The response rate was 90%. Many health workers (42%) indicated that affected children should not play with other children, 38% would feel ashamed if a child in their family had mental illness, 42% would be concerned if their child sat with an affected child, and 27% would be afraid to speak to a child or adolescent with mental illness. Independent predictors of negative attitudes were: poor knowledge, exposure to religious teaching that affected children are possessed or dangerous, and being from a non-medical professional group. Conclusion: CAMI is stigmatised by health workers in this specialist Hospital in Nigeria. Urgent intervention is required to avoid adverse impact on affected children.

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尼日利亚中北部的一家教学医院，卫生工作者对患有精神疾病的儿童和青少年的态度。

目的：对精神疾病的公众污名进行充分研究。但是，关于卫生工作者对患有精神疾病的儿童和青少年的态度的研究很少，特别是在尼日利亚等中低收入国家。方法：在尼日利亚中北部的一家教学医院对395名卫生工作者进行了横断面研究。通过从临床和非临床部门随机抽样选择参与者。参与者完成了问卷调查，以评估其污名，知识，个人接触，先前的培训以及对儿童和青少年精神疾病（CAMI）的宗教教育的接受程度。结果：回应率为90％。许多卫生工作者（42％）表示，受影响的孩子不应与其他孩子一起玩耍；如果家中的孩子患有精神疾病，则38％的孩子会感到feel愧，42％的人担心他们的孩子与受影响的孩子一起坐，而27％的人害怕与患有精神疾病的孩子或青少年说话。消极态度的独立预测因素是：知识不佳，容易受到感染的儿童受到宗教教育的感染或危险，以及来自非医疗专业团体。结论：在尼日利亚的这家专科医院，医务人员给医护人员蒙上了污名。需要紧急干预，以避免对患病儿童造成不利影响。在尼日利亚的这家专科医院，医护人员给医护人员蒙上了污名。需要紧急干预，以避免对患病儿童造成不利影响。在尼日利亚的这家专科医院，医护人员给医护人员蒙上了污名。需要紧急干预，以避免对患病儿童造成不利影响。