Mental health disordersPrevalencePurpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of mental illness among adolescents treated at Federal Neurospsychiatric Hospital, Enugu Nigeria.Ogbonna, Pleasure NwakegoIheanacho, Peace NjidekaOgbonnaya, Ngozi PhoebeMbadugha, Chisom JoyNdubuisi, Ifeoma...
Studies of psychiatric morbidity in Nigerian prisons have not involved assessment for specific psychiatric disorders. The general aim of this study was to highlight the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among convicted inmates at a medium security prison in Nigeria. In a one month period in 1996,...
This can be devastating to some inmates thereby leading to deterioration in their physical, psychological and social wellbeing. The study was aimed to determine the prevalence of axis 1 psychiatric disorders and associated factors among prison inmates in Jos, Nigeria. Method: This was a cross-...
(2006) in Nigeria with only 8.3% of the students meeting the criteria for depression. A study of undergraduate students at Makerere University in Uganda using the Beck Depression Inventory showed that newly enrolled students joining the medicine course were less likely to have depressive symptoms ...
1. INTRODUCTION Absenteeism is a major cause of loss in jobs, man-hours, productivity, and lives in the health sector. It also has grave consequences for global economies(1). It is a global occurrence among workers and in Nigeria it is a source of concern in view of the weak national ...
Hennekins CHBuring JE Epidemiology in Medicine. Boston, Mass: Little Brown & Co; 1987:192-194. 7. Hendrie HCOgunniyi AHall KS et al Incidence of dementia and Alzheimer disease in 2 communities: Yoruba residing in Ibadan, Nigeria, and African Americans residing in Indianapolis, Indiana. JA...
Postpartum depression (PPD), the onset of depressive episodes after childbirth, develops at a critical moment in a woman’s life and can continue for long periods [1,2]. The likelihood of depressive episodes can be twice as high as during other periods of a woman’s life [3], and they...
Fasina OF, Jonah GE, Pam V, Milaneschi Y, Gostoli S, Rafanelli C. Psychosocial effects associated with highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in Nigeria. Vet Ital. 2010;46:459–65. PubMed Google Scholar Bonanno GA, Ho SAY, Chan JCK, Kwong RSY, Cheung CKY, Wong CPY, et al. Ps...
Correlation of price and quality of medicines: assessment of some artemisinin antimalarials in Nigeria based on GPHF Minilab. Int J Drug Dev Res.2010;2(1):211-218.Google Scholar 83. Ogwal-Okeng JW, Okello DO, Odyek O. Quality of oral and parenteral chloroquine in Kampala. East Afr ...
This study examined the prevalence of depression, its correlates and the frequency of the diagnosis of the condition among HIV+ subjects on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) by the internists and general physicians at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in Northeastern Nigeria. ...