Correlates of self-stigma among outpatients with mental illness in Lagos, Nigeria.

Background: Studies in this region have all been limited to public stigma whereas little is known about the extent of self-stigma.

Aims: To assess the extent, domains and correlates of self-stigma among psychiatric outpatients in Lagos, Nigeria.

Method: Psychiatric outpatients (n = 342) from three centres completed a modified version of the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness scale (ISMI) as a measure of their self-stigma.