Abstract summary 

A study was conducted on three decades of medical research at the College of Medicine of the University of Ibadan (UCH) Nigeria, (1948-1980) and the perceived impact of this research on the development of psychiatry and mental health services in Nigeria. The Department of Psychiatry, UCH was for many years a unit in the Department of medicine but its scientific publications which commenced in the late fifties ranked seventh out of the twelve departments in the Faculty of Clinical Services of the College. Psychiatric researches during this period were mainly directed to the problems related to the scientific practice and acceptability of psychiatry as a distinct discipline of medicine. The research studies created a positive awareness which led to the establishment of more Departments of Psychiatry, several specialist psychiatric institutions and psychiatric residency programs in the country. Western type treatment of psychiatric disorders was accepted wholly or as additional treatment to the traditional methods.

Authors & Co-authors:  Adamson T A TA

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