A O Odejide
Biographic Data
| ID | 196168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A O Odejide |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | O Odejide |
| SIGNATURE | ODEJIDE A O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ibadan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Chronic Psychiatric Patients in Nigeria
Patients receiving treatment at the Lantoro long-stay psychiatric institution, Abeokuta, Nigeria were divided into two groups (short and long-stay) according to their duration of stay. The two were compared for factors that could be responsible for patients staying more than six months. Social problems (criminality), single marital status, and diagnosis of schizophrenia were found to be associated with prolonged hospitalization. Lack of post- dis…
Traditional Healers and Mental Illness in the City of Ibadan
In Nigeria today, as in many other African countries, traditional healing practices exist side by side with modern medical practice (Lambo, 1959 and 1961; Lucas and Hendrickse, 1966; Harding, 1973; Ademuwagun, 1976). Lambo (1959) indicated that in 1950 over 60% of the patients of a large general hospital in Western Nigeria were using both native and modern medicine on admission to the hospital. He attributed this pattern of behaviour to the ambiv…
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Traditional Healers and Mental Illness in the City of Ibadan
In Nigeria today, as in many other African countries, traditional healing practices exist side by side with modern medical practice (Lambo, 1959 and 1961; Lucas and Hendrickse, 1966; Harding, 1973; Ademuwagun, 1976). Lambo (1959) indicated that in 1950 over 60% of the patients of a large general hospital in Western Nigeria were using both native and modern medicine on admission to the hospital. He attributed this pattern of behaviour to the ambiv…
Chronic Psychiatric Patients in Nigeria
Patients receiving treatment at the Lantoro long-stay psychiatric institution, Abeokuta, Nigeria were divided into two groups (short and long-stay) according to their duration of stay. The two were compared for factors that could be responsible for patients staying more than six months. Social problems (criminality), single marital status, and diagnosis of schizophrenia were found to be associated with prolonged hospitalization. Lack of post- dis…
Medicine (2 works) · Adverse effect (1 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works) · Alternative medicine (1 works) · Ambivalence (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Environmental health (1 works) · Family medicine (1 works) · History (1 works) · Indigenous (1 works)