Tajudeen Abiola

University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) · Behavioural Sciences

Objective The objective of the current study was to compare the level of sensitivity of body mass index (BMI) or waist-height ratio (WHtR) in identifying physically determinable adiposity levels that are considered to be landmarks for commencing intervention to prevent more sinister cardio-metabolic risks among schizophrenia patients receiving olan...

Background: In the fast-paced academic research environment, success is often defined by the ability to publish high-quality work and make significant contributions to one's field. Integrated mentoring and collaboration play a critical role in achieving these goals by expanding expertise and facilitating interdisciplinary work. This study explores...

Background In Nigeria, the rising prevalence of kidnapping incidents has led to significant psychological impacts on victims. This study explores the biopsychosocial consequences of kidnapping-induced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in an elderly Nigerian woman and assesses the efficacy of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) as a therapeutic i...

To assess the association of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) to the development/manifestation of substance use disorder among Substance Users and non-Substance Users in Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna. All the 120 participants were patients on admission at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital (FNPH), Barnawa, Kaduna. Half (50%) of the par...

Patients with psychotic mental disorders, including schizophrenia, often exhibit poor dietary choices and low levels of physical activity, contributing to a higher prevalence of obesity compared to the general population. This study recruited 100 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia who had been receiving Olanzapine antipsychotic medication for at...

Background Anthropometric measurements, reflecting the interplay of nutritional, environmental, and genetic factors, are commonly used to study human physical traits. Despite previous research suggesting their potential as indicators of neurodevelopmental processes and genetic influences, their role in predicting schizophrenia risk remains uncertai...

A BSTRACT Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, the frontline healthcare providers faced significant mental health stressors. Previous pandemics have revealed the need for psychosocial support and healthy coping mechanisms to mitigate mental health risks. Aim The study aimed to assess psychological impact and supportive mechanisms experienced...

Background: The successful publication of research is bolstered by effective mentorship and collaboration, enabling a broadening of expertise and the potential for interdisciplinary work. Methods: A literature review was conducted on Google Scholar and PubMed, focusing on the integration of mentorship and collaboration in research and their associ...

Background: The evolution of healthcare practices has been shaped by various cultural, spiritual, and philosophical traditions, with the Islamic civilization playing a pivotal role. The Golden Age of Islam marked a significant turning point in medical history, preserving and expanding upon Greek and Roman medical texts, integrating empirical observ...

Background: Methadone Substitution Therapy (MST) is employed to manage opioid addiction and has generated extensive discourse. While widely embraced in the West, its applicability in Nigeria, considering its unique cultural, infrastructural, and societal nuances, remains debated. Methods: A critical literature review methodology was utilized, focus...

Background: The global health landscape has been increasingly recognizing the pivotal role of sociocultural paradigms in shaping healthcare access and delivery. Within this framework, Muslimah healthcare professionals emerge as emblematic figures, intertwining religious and cultural ethos with the aspirations of health equity. Methods: A comprehens...

Background: The inability of couples to conceive or infertility has been identified as a major source of psychiatric morbidity. In several studies in sub-Saharan Africa, the psychological burden, often higher among females, is mostly assessed through screening measures and hardly by diagnostic instruments. This study evaluated the prevalence and cl...

Background: The coronavirus pandemic and Its “pandemic-fear,” is expected to come with lots of mental health challenges. Despites several global health vanguards sounding this alarm, there is paucity of systematic analysis of mental health distress and resilience being experienced by individuals undergoing treatments in isolation centres for corona...

Aim: To describe challenges with the introduction of endoscopic ear surgery in our practice in Kano. Patients and Methods: Retrospective study of patients who accessed otology services at the main specialist/ tertiary health facilities before (2010-2012) and after (2012-2014) the introduction of endoscopic ear surgery in Kano and Jigawa states. Res...

Psychoactive substance use and abuse have been identified as the most stigmatized health condition. This often arises from ‘public’, ‘self’ and ‘courtesy’ stigmas and biases. In Nigeria, studies on stigma of psychoactive substance use and abuse are few and mainly from the perception of medical service providers. No previous Nigerian study according...

Background: In human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons, low serum concentrations of vitamins and minerals, termed micronutrients, may be associated with an increased risk of psychiatric morbidity and HIV disease progression. Objectives: This study investigated the effects of micronutrient supplementation on psychological well-being of h...

Background: HIV diagnosis comes with a lot of worry and distress. Ability to objectively estimate this distress by non-psychiatrist will enhance early detection of psychological distress for intervention. Objectives: To investigate the validity of the Distress Thermometer (DT) and its problem checklist in achieving early detection of mental dist...

Background: HIV is a chronic disease with inflammatory reactions involving numerous elements of the immune system, resulting in an increased risk for other physical and psychiatric morbidities. Micronutrients, some of which possess anti-inflammatory properties, may help prevent the development of psychological disorders such as anxiety and depress...

Background: People serving life sentences must make prison their homes forever. They will never again have the thousands of freedoms many of us take for granted. The miserable environment of prison means people with life sentences have to preserve even the tiniest privileges towards making big differences in their quality of life. This study assess...

Studies on the impacts the type of prison's environment had on the psychosocial well-being of their inmates were few. To contribute more study on this, the current study explored the psychosocial health profiles of inmates and the type of prison environment by comparing inmates' psychosocial profiles of a medium security prison to a maximum securit...

Studies had demonstrated the role of resilience in promoting students wellbeing. And resilience had been postulated as the mediator of wellbeing from the practice of wellbeing’s elements. This study aimed to contribute more to the understanding by investigating pooled wellbeing elements that distinguished high resilience students from their low res...

Background: The mental health burden from fear of future terrorism has not been given much research attention compared to the immediate mental distress such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Such neglected ongoing mental health morbidity associated with threats of terrorism had been described as pre-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS). Objec...

Introduction/Methodology: By its very nature, illiteracy could lead to insecurity anywhere in the world. And this could further be worsened by psychotrauma. Family, social, economic, political and other aspects of human security will tend to remain at stake in Nigeria if literacy is not adequately enhanced among adolescents in Nigeria, most especia...

Background: Stigma has been described as social disadvantages being experienced by people with mental illness. This usually come in the triad of ignorance, prejudice and discrimination and has been identified as a universal phenomenon. Specific studies on psychiatric stigma that were carried out in Nigeria were mainly outside the Northern part of t...

Studies on psychoactive substance use in Nigeria had focused on prevalence and rarely on treatment implication(s) of large rates reported. Further challenge was to find suitable instruments to monitor change readiness as well as predict treatment outcomes along motivation continuum and according to resilience characteristics. Such ability will not...

Introduction: Studies of psychological distress among university students identifi ed academic stress as highest in medical students followed by allied-health students and least in those not in any of these two disciplines. The immediate antecedents include poor academic performance, substance abuse, and subsequent drop out. Future impacts as burno...

Background and objectives: Attitude and orientation of doctors to the doctor-patient relationship has a direct influence on delivery of high quality health- care. No study to the knowledge of these researchers has so far examined the practice orientation of doctors in Nigeria to this phenomenon. The aims of this study were to determine the orienta...

Background: Several researchers have shown that the type of social support available to individuals can predict their mental wellbeing. Many standard measures of social support abound in Euro-American societies but none has been validated for use in Nigeria. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the internal consistency and concurrent validity of...

Resilience seemed to lie at the core of the recent promotion of positive mental health and wellbeing. This concept has been well studied in western countries and less in developing countries, particularly Nigeria. The aim of the study is therefore, to demonstrate the internal consistency and concurrent validity of the Resilience Scale (RS) and its...

There is genuine concern over social violence and aggression among youths in many countries. Despite considerable efforts directed toward molding the pattern of model behavior, frequent disturbances and various antisocial vices among youths in our environment may be due to failure to acknowledge the risk factors associated with aggression. The obje...