Prevalence and Pattern of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Community-Dwelling Elderly Populations in Abeokuta, Nigeria.

Background: Many elderly persons in Nigeria are having mental health challenges and there is a lack of commensurate increase in services to attend to such.

Aim: To assess the prevalence, pattern and correlates of psychiatric morbidity among community dwelling elderly persons (≥ 60 years) in Abeokuta, Nigeria.

Methods: 532 respondents were selected using a multistage, stratified cluster sampling method from the elderly population in Abeokuta.

Psychoactive substance use among outpatients with severe mental illness: A comparative study.

Background: Despite several studies on the prevalence and pattern of substance use in Nigeria, there is little information on substance use in patients diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) such as schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder (BD).

Aim: The aim of the study was to compare the pattern of psychoactive substance use among outpatients with BD and schizophrenia.

Setting: The study was conducted in a neuropsychiatric hospital in Nigeria.