Meet OLA BOLANLE ADEYEMI, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Associate Professor / Reader
Behavioural Medicine
At the Behavioural Medicine department office
Appointment on Visitation important
Topic: Other Adult Mental Disorders
Description: In this area of specialty, I have focused on the interface between other medical specialties and psychiatry in a hospital setting to add to scarce sub-Saharan literature the importance of mental health as it relates to (a) chronic medical illnesses such as epilepsy, chronic heart diseases, HIV, diabetes, (b) lung cancers, (c) gynecological and obstetric practices, and (d) emergency medicineIn another area, adult addiction, I have 7 journal articles. I used various credible methods including policy reviews, non-randomized and randomized intervention designs to highlight magnitude of substance problems, and impact of evidence-based treatments on substance use problems.
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ph.D (Applied Social Sciences) | De Montfort University | 2016 |
Mental Health Survey of Adolescents in Lagos State
This project aimed to assess the types, patterns and severity of common mental health problems among adolescents of Lagos State and the four main objectives were:1.To describe prevalence rates of psychiatric morbidities among those aged 10 to 17 years2.To describe the relationship between the prevalence of psychiatric morbidities and socio-demographic and clinical characteristics (age, gender, education, disability)3.To evaluate the treatment utilization rate by adolescents at risk for mental disorders4.To provide policy and decision-makers reliable, accurate and relevant data for the development of adolescent mental health plans and strategiesThe survey population consisted of adolescents resident in Lagos, aged 12-17, living in households across the five administrative divisions of Lagos State. The fieldwork for the survey took place between March and April 2017.Expected results include: the prevalence rates of psychiatric morbidities among those aged 10 to 17 years, the relationship between the prevalence of psychiatric morbidities and socio-demographic and clinical characteristics , the treatment utilization rate by adolescents at risk for mental disorders, and reliable, accurate and relevant data for the development of adolescent mental health plans and strategies in Lagos State
OLA BOLANLE is a Associate Professor / Reader at the Department of Behavioural Medicine
OLA has a Ph.D in Applied Social Sciences from De Montfort University
