A5055829773- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Media Influence and Health
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Apelin-related biomedical research
University of Port Harcourt
2018-2025
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital
2019-2024
University of Michigan
2024
Rivers State University
2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a serious threat to global mental health. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that there is varying yet considerable increase in health issues among the general population and vulnerable groups.1 2 aftermath obscure speculative from social, economic, individual public perspective. Recently published studies support existence an emotional epidemic curve, describing high probability burden postpandemic era.3 4 Furthermore, previous major emergencies showed more...
Nigeria's shortage of psychiatrists is exacerbated due to health worker migration. This study explores migration experiences and tendencies among early-career in Nigeria. We conducted a cross-sectional survey covering six geopolitical zones, using 61-item online questionnaire assessing short-term mobility, long-term attitudes. Data was analysed IBM SPSS version 29. Of 228 surveyed, 9.7% had mobility 8.0% experiences. However, 85.8% 'ever' considered migration, 69.2% were planning leave...
Background: The rapid spread of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has forced most countries to take drastic public health measures, including closure mental outpatient services and some inpatient units. This suddenly created need adapt expand telepsychiatry care across world. However, not all might be ready cope with this demand. present study was set create a practical clinically useful protocol for telemental applied in context current COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A panel...
Every health care system requires an adequate workforce, service delivery, financial support, and information technology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, global systems were ill prepared to address rising prevalence of mental problems, especially in low- middle-income countries (LMICs), thereby increasing treatment gaps. To close these gaps globally, task shifting telepsychiatry should be made available maximized, particularly LMICs. Task nonspecialist workers improve essential coverage...
Lithium prescription rates have witnessed a significant downward trend over the years in different continents despite evidence of its clinical efficacy acute and long-term maintenance treatment Bipolar Disorder (BD). Nigeria has paucity data on lithium use BD management. Hence, we aim to investigate rate factors influencing among Nigerian psychiatrists trainee psychiatrists. A cross-sectional survey involving 203 respondents working accredited psychiatric training facilities was conducted...
Rodrigo Ramalho1*Frances Adiukwu2Drita Gashi Bytyçi3Samer El Hayek4Jairo M. Gonzalez-Diaz5Amine Larnaout6Laura Orsolini7Victor Pereira-Sanchez8Mariana Pinto da Costa9,10,11Ramdas Ransing12Mohammadreza Shalbafan13Zulvia Syarif14Paolo Grandinetti15
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been identified as a global health problem with increasing mental consequences. During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Nigeria, couples were compelled to spend more time together, regardless of their pre-existing challenges. Our study aims determine prevalence IPV, its forms, and implications among Nigerian households amid lockdown. A cross-sectional was implemented which used snowball sampling technique recruit 474 participants across 31 states Nigeria....
The collaborative effort of an international research team from the Early Career Psychiatrists section World Psychiatry Association has brought about easy-to-use, quick and stepwise mental health care toolkit for identification appropriate referral those in need during pandemic. This simple guide can be applied general outpatient setting is catered all healthcare professionals, regardless their expertise within field with minimal training. It our hope that by incorporating this into daily...
There is an increasing movement toward international collaboration and global discussion in mental health. If provided with the right opportunities, early career psychiatrists (ECPs) researchers health can contribute meaningfully to this discussion. However, they often experience multiple barriers when attempting add their voices via academic publications. We represent a diverse group of ECPs from all six World Health Organization regions. In piece, we discuss these barriers, grounded our...
Pharmacogenetic studies the influence of inherited characteristics on medication. While different from pharmacogenomics, which is a study entire genome in relation to medication effect, their distinction remains inconsistent, and two terms are used interchangeably. Although potential pharmacogenomics psychiatry apparent its clinical utility suboptimal, uptake recommendations guidelines minimal research into PGx not diverse. This article offers an overview pharmacogenetics (PGx) psychiatry,...
There have been case reports of renal dysfunction with lithium toxicity among severely ill COVID-19 patients. Lithium levels may be affected by comorbid conditions and the presence infective disease states like SARS-CoV-2 which clearly adds systemic health burden. This study aimed to review effect has on serum Li possible mechanism underlying it. Retrospective data from all clinical service encounters within University Michigan system between September 2019 2023 were reviewed. The cohort...
The world began to realise the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in January 2020, and since then number people infected has exceeded 1 million globally. In less than month following first reported case Nigeria, over 180 had tested positive disease. Studies have shown that such rapidly spreading infectious diseases potential create widespread fear, apprehension, panic anxiety amongst general public.This study aimed at evaluating information dissemination public mental healthcare...