PMID: 3751654May 1, 1986Paper

Alcohol and drug addiction in northern Nigeria

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
O I Ifabumuyi

Abstract

This paper shows that the major psychiatric syndromes encountered in the West with the exception of personality disorder and sexual deviation are represented among patients in northern Nigeria. It draws attention to the increasing problem of alcohol and drug (Indian hemp) addiction in a predominantly Moslem society. 17% of the male cases were treated for alcohol or drug addiction.

References

May 1, 1963·The American Journal of Psychiatry·D C LEIGHTONA H LEIGHTON

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Mar 1, 1995·The International Journal of the Addictions·P F Omoluabi

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