1Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria 2Mental Health and Psychiatry,
Department of Mental Health, University of Benin/UBTH, Benin City, Nigeria 3Health …

BACKGROUND: Several studies have examined the use of psychoactive substances among
selected groups in Nigeria. Here, we extend the description to include the features of …

This report gives recent information on the trends in substance use in a group of university
students in Nigeria. The data was derived from two cross-sectional surveys conducted in …

World Health Organization (2004) documented that substance use or abuse and mental
disorders are important causes of disease burden accounting for 8.8% and 16.6% of the …

A review of the literature shows that drug abuse has become a major public health problem
in Nigeria. Alcohol, cannabis, psychostimulants and hypnosedatives are the most commonly …

Despite the existing scanty data on patterns of drug abuse in specific groups in the Nigerian
communities due to the tendency of changing patterns in illicit drug use with various …

In an attempt to highlight the characteristics of patients admitted for drug-related problems in
Nigerian psychiatric care facilities in 1 year a detailed retrospective analysis of the case …

Nigeria has a population of more than 120 million people, making it by far the largest country
in Africa. The estimated population was 56 million in 1975; between then and 2002 the …

Substance abuse has become a significant problem in the African continent in recent years.
Reports of increasing abuse of alcohol and cannabis have appeared in many countries. In …

Data on socio-demographic correlates of some psychoactive substance consumption were
collected from a sample of 860 senior secondary school adolescents in Enugu, Nigeria …