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DRUG ABUSE: Northern Governors Wives' Forum partners with Reconnect Health Development Initiative
03 May, 2017
The NGWF Chairperson, Wife of the Governor (WOG) of Zamfara State, H.E. Haj. Asmau Yari stated that the NGWF organised the ongoing two-day Drug Awareness and Advocacy Training in partnership with Reconnect Health Development Initiative and House of Recovery, two organisations that have a wholistic approach towards the issue...
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Drug Awareness & Advocacy Training: Northern Governors Wives' Forum collaborates with Reconnect HDI
May 04, 2017
Dr. Vincent Udenze, a mental health specialist, said there had to be a national agenda for tackling the problem, pointing out that the responsibility should not be left for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) or psychiatric hospitals to handle...
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Northern Governors Wives Commit To Tackling Youth
Mar 4, 2017 5:24am
Drug Abuse
Chairperson of the Northern Governors Wives Forum (NGWF) Hajiya Asmau Abdulaziz Yari has disclosed that the forum, made up of 19 members has pledged to tackle the hazards of drug and substance abuse in Northern Nigeria.
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Nigerian psychiatrists set to reduce drug addiction, depression with novel technology
July 19, 2016 12:39am
A NEW non-invasive treatment approach that is suitable for drug addiction, chronic depression, migraine, schizophrenia, sleep problems, anxiety and series of mental health illnesses is now available in Nigeria and West Africa.
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Nigeria: Parents, Specialists Excited Over Alternative Drug Addiction Treatment
8 JULY 2016
Relief may have come the way of some parents as a team of specialists recently unveiled an alternative method of treating drug addiction and depression through the use of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMs).
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One in four Nigerians has mental disorder
March 31, 2016
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The Medical Director, Synapse Services Resource Centre, Dr. Vincent Udenze, has said that one in every four Nigerian is living with one form of mental disorder or another. Udenze also noted that one in seven persons would suffer a serious episode of mental illness in their lifetime.
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Living With Depression: A Patient's Journey To Recovery
Apr 3, 2015 1:10 am
In 2007, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had estimated that about 20 percent of Nigerians suffer from mental illnesses. Research shows that about 5 in 100 adults have depression every year in Nigeria
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Majek Fashek in high spirits as Charlyboy, others visit him in rehab
August 10, 2015
Charlie Boy, friends and close associates of ailing Nigerian artiste, Majek Fashek, on Monday, paid him a solidarity visit at a rehabilitation centre in Abuja. Members of the group included an American-based Nigerian Artist, Monica Swaida, and Dr Vincent Udenze, the Medical Director of Synapse Services in Abuja.
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People living with mental illness are geniuses - Majek Fashek
NOVEMBER 1, 20152:20 AM
But just before the rehabilitated Majek took the microphone, his psychiatrist, Dr. Vincent Udenze, the CEO of Synapse Services, an Abuja-based centre for psychological medicine that helped in his rehabilitation, observed that the reggae legend was undergoing serious rehabilitation.
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Boko Haram: Need To Manage Victims' Post Trauma
Aug 18, 2014 4:03 am
The incessant terror attacks orchestrated by the deadly group, Boko Haram have devastated the country and shattered the hope of many people and families. Orphans, widows and widowers abound all over the country as a result of the activities of the group.
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