Psychiatric treatment of a health care worker after infection with Ebola virus in Lagos, Nigeria

Am J Psychiatry. 2015 Mar 1;172(3):222-4. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14121576.

Authors

Abdulaziz Mohammed¹, Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, Saheed Gidado, Ismail Adeshina Abdus-Salam, Joseph Adeyemi, Adebola Olayinka, Chima Ohuabunwo, Orina Oluwagbemiga Victor, Patrick Nguku, Erinfolami Adebayo Rasheed, Funmi Doherty, Ndadilnasiya Waziri, Faisal Shuaib, Babalola Obafemi Joseph, Idris Mohammed Bomai, Akin Oyemakinde

Affiliation

¹ From the Ebola Emergency Operation Center, Lagos, Nigeria; the Department of Clinical Services, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria; the Department of Psychiatry, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna; the Nigerian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria; the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Lagos; the Department of Psychiatry, University of Lagos, Lagos; the Department of Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna; the African Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja; Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta; the Department of Social Welfare Services, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos; the Department of Medical Social Services, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos; and the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja.

PMID: 25727534
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14121576

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adjustment Disorders* / diagnosis
Adjustment Disorders* / etiology
Adjustment Disorders* / physiopathology
Adjustment Disorders* / therapy
Amitriptyline / administration & dosage*
Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / administration & dosage
Behavioral Symptoms
Brain Diseases / diagnosis*
Cross Infection* / complications
Cross Infection* / psychology
Diagnosis, Differential
Family Therapy
Health Personnel / psychology*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola* / complications
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola* / psychology
Humans
Male
Occupational Exposure / adverse effects*
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychotherapy / methods*
Social Support
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

Substances

Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic
Amitriptyline