• Acta Psychiatr Scand · May 1986

    Comparative Study

    Alcohol and drug addiction in northern Nigeria.

    • O I Ifabumuyi.
    • Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1986 May 1; 73 (5): 479-80.

    AbstractThis 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.

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