Resource Tag: NIGERIA

In a 6-month prospective study involving three main general hospitals in Ibadan, Nigeria, 39 cases of deliberate self-harm were reported out a total of 23,859 subjects. 76.9% of these people were under the age of 30. The male to female ratio was 1.4 to 1, 51.3% were students & 25.6% were manual workers. The methods […]

This summary looks at patterns of suicide in the 5 major geographic areas of Africa represented by Egypt, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia & South Africa. Evidence indicates a relatively low rate of suicide & attempted suicide in comparison with non-Africans & Africans elsewhere. There appears to be a gradual change from hanging to chemicals as a […]

This paper reports a study of consecutive cases of attempted suicide seen in the University Teaching Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. Findings are compared with earlier observations of Black Americans in Newark, New Jersey & of subjects in Papua, New Guinea. Detailed results are given. (LH)

The authors present findings from a 6-month prospective study of 39 cases of attempted suicide in the city of Ibadan, Nigeria (1984-5). Most were below the age of 34. Male to female ratio was 1.4:1, students accounting for the largest occupational group. Chemicals & psychotrophic drugs were the common methods used, especially among those with […]

Reviews 146 cases of acute poisoning seen & treated by the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, between 1979-82. Barbiturates (19%) & benzodiazepines (17%) were the commonest drugs used in acute poisoning. The highest incidence (41%) was found among persons aged 18-25 years. There were 67 males & 79 females. 14% took a ‘cocktail’ of more […]

A review of reported cases of attempted suicide in Benin City indicates that the indicence has not increased over the period 1978-81, during which the average crude suicide attempt rate was 7/100000. 87% of the attempters were under the age of 30, but the commonest age-group was 15-9 yrs. The female/male ratio was 1:1.2. The […]

Twenty-nine cases of attempted suicide in Western Nigeria are discussed in relation to frequency, sex, age, methods employed, mental state, and culture.

This study shows how a combination of the principles of Rational Emotive Therapy & Behavioral Counseling strategies were employed with a depressed university student who attempted suicide after being placed on academic probation. The author suggests that this mixed modality could be profitably extended to other vital areas such as the depression experienced by lecturers […]