A 2day multidisciplinary stakeholders meeting to review the proposed mental health bill was organised by the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN). Representatives of key Stakeholders (Professional Associations, NGOs and CDOs) which included Associations of Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatric Nurses, Medical Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Mind Trust, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists Association of Nigeria (ACAPAN), Mentally…
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APN AGSM, LAGOS 2018
THE ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRISTS IN NIGERIA 49TH ANNUAL GENERAL AND SCIENTIFIC MEETING (AGSM) LAGOS 2018 26TH – 30TH NOVEMBER, 2018 THEME: BRAIN DRAIN IN MENTAL HEALTH; IMPACT AND SOLUTIONS SUB THEME: MENTORSHIP, SUBSPECIALTY TRAINING AND ITS ROLE IN ADVANCING THE PRACTICE OF MENTAL HEALTH. PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE; THE MENACE AND SALVAGING THE CURRENT GENERATION. SUICIDE…
Job Opportunities
The president of the association Dr T.L. Sheikh has been contacted with a request for Nigerian psychiatrist to fill an urgent need for Psychiatrists in Gambia. Gambia is an English-speaking country in West Africa and Member of ECOWAS. Successful psychiatrists will be involved in the following priority areas in the Gambia; Training of specialized…
APN AGSM 2018
The executives of the APN announce with pleasure that the hosting for the 2018 49th annual general and scientific meeting of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, has been awarded to the Department of Psychiatry, Lagos University Teaching Hospital. We have great confidence in their ability to organize a wonderful conference.
APN early career psychiatrists at the APA Colloquium
The executives of the APN –are pleased to announce that the two early career psychiatrists presented by the association for the American Psychiatric Association (APA) research colloquium holding in May 2018,were successful in their application and have been selected by the APA The two awardees are Dr Justus Onu of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu…
Necrology
With deep sense of sorrow and great loss, the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria announce the passing away of two distinguished members of the association Prof. Famuyiwa, O.O, and Prof. Fatoye, F.O. Both deaths occurred within a space of three days 19th & 22nd of January, 2018.the duo were still actively involved in the association’s…
APN New Executives
The association of psychiatrist in Nigeria is pleased to announce that following its general election in November of 2017, at the hotel in Jos, there was inauguration of the new executive body on the 6th of January at the association’s secretariat in Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos Nigeria. The new executives consist of: Taiwo Lateef…
Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria
We are Psychiatrists in Nigeria committed to holistic care for persons with mental illness and the promotion of positive mental health