Open AccessPsychoactive substance use and psychiatric morbidity among pregnant women attending an ante-natal clinic in Benin City, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Oluyemisi O Adebowale,
Bawo Onesirosan James
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_189_17
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry , psychoactive substance , pregnancy , substance use , cross sectional study , genetics , pathology , biology
This study sought to determine the prevalence, patterns and feasibility of screening for psychoactive substance use among pregnant women in an antenatal clinic in Nigeria. It also aimed to determine the relationship between psychoactive substance use risk severity and psychiatric morbidity.