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Professional Identity, Role Clarity, and Interprofessional Relationships: How Medical Staff Perceive Psychiatric Social Workers in Nigerian Hospitals

Psychiatric social work is an emerging but overlooked profession in Nigerian hospitals, wherein multidisciplinary psychiatric services are scarce. The competence of psychiatric social workers hinges largely on perceptions of professional identity, role clarity, and interprofessional relationships among medical staff. However, there has been little insight into how these influence beliefs about psychiatric social workers and their incorporation within clinical teams. This study explored the impact of professional identity, role clarity, and interprofessional relationships on medical staff's per…