Published Articles

2024

•  Aluh DO,  Agu DI, Igbokwe WJ, Anunwa IG. (2024) Public acceptance of coercive measures in Nigerian mental health care. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2024 Nov 13:207640241296050. doi: 10.1177/00207640241296050. Epub ahead of print.
• Aluh DO, Cortes JD. (2024)  Second Victims in Mental Health Care. Journal of Patient Safety.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/pts.0000000000001277.
• Aluh DO, Lantta T, Lourenço T, et al. (2024) Legislation and policy for involuntary mental healthcare across countries in the FOSTREN network: rationale, development of mapping survey and protocol. BJPsych Open. 10(5):e154. doi:10.1192/bjo.2024.744
• Pedrosa B, Cardoso G, Azeredo-Lopes S, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Aluh DO…..Caldas-de-Almeida (2024). Supported accommodations for people with serious mental disorders: Care pathways and predictors of age of entry and length of stay. Int J Soc Psychiatry.  
• Aluh DO, Diaz-Milanes Diego, Silva Manuela, Pedrosa Barbara, Grigaitė U, Almeida CR, Almeida Mousinho MF, Vieira M, Cardoso G, Caldas-de-Almeida JM (2024). Coercion in psychiatry: psychometric validation of the Portuguese Staff Attitudes to Coercion Scale (SACS).Discov Ment Health 4, 27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-024-00083-4

• Grigaitė U, Klidziūtė G, Aluh DO, Pedrosa B, Santos-Dias M, Silva M, … Caldas-de-Almeida JM (2024). Responding to the needs of survivors of intimate partner violence in Lithuania: perceptions of mental health and social care professionals. Women & Health, 1–14.
• Pedrosa B,  Cardoso G, Azeredo-Lopes S, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Aluh DO,……Caldas-de-Almeida JM (2024). Supported Accommodations for People with  serious Mental Disorders: Staff’s Assessment of Work Challenges and Their Impact during COVID-19. Port J Public Health. online first.
• Aluh DO, Diaz-Milanes D, Azeredo-Lopes S, Barbosa S, Santos-Dias M, Silva M, Grigaitė U, Pedrosa B, Velosa A, Cardoso G, Caldas-de-Almeida JM. (2024) Coercion in Psychiatry: Exploring the Subjective Experience of Coercion Among Patients in Five Portuguese Psychiatric Departments. J Behav Health Serv Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-024-09890-7
• GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators.(2024) Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet.  403(10440):2162-2203. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)00933-4.
• GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators.(2024) Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 403(10440 ) [10.1016/s0140-6736(24)00685-8].
• Aluh DO, Aigbogun O, Okoro RN.(2024) Global pharma departure from Nigeria: A threat to public health. The Journal of Medicine Access. 8. doi:10.1177/27550834241256450
• GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators*.(2024) Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet; online first
• GBD 2021 Fertility and Forecasting Collaborators*.(2024) Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. online first
• Grigaitė U, Azeredo-Lopes S, Cardoso G, Pedrosa B, Aluh DO, Santos-Dias M, et al. (2024) Mental health conditions and utilisation of mental health services by survivors of physical intimate partner violence in Portugal: Results from the WHO world mental health survey. Psychiatry Res. 334:115801. 
• Grigaitė U, Azeredo-Lopes S,  Žeimė E,  Slotkus PY,  Heitmayer M, Aluh DO,  Pedrosa B, Silva M,  Santos-Dias M, Cardoso G, Caldas-de-Almeida JM.(2024) Prevalence and acceptability of psychological and/or economic intimate partner violence, and utilization of mental health services by its survivors in Lithuania. Journal of Public Health,  fdae015, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae015
• Aluh DO, Azeredo-Lopes S, Pedrosa B, Silva M, Grigaitė U, Martins AR, de Almeida Mousinho MF, Cardoso G, Caldas-de-Almeida JM. (2024) Revisiting the psychometric properties of the McArthur Admission Experience Survey (AES): Validating the Portuguese version using a Bifactor approach. Heliyon. 10 (2) E24114.

• Aigbogun O, Aluh DO, Okoro RN et al. (2024). Cross-sectional survey data on the socio-demographic characteristics associated with substance use among internal displaced persons in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Data in Brief 52. 109875

2023

• Whittington R, Aluh DO, Caldas-de-Almeida JM (2023). Zero Tolerance for Coercion? Historical, Cultural and Organisational Contexts for Effective Implementation of Coercion-Free Mental Health Services around the World. Healthcare (Basel). 27;11(21):2834.

•  Isah A, Aguiyi-Ikeanyi CN, Ekwuofu CAA, Aluh DO, Ukoha-Kalu BO, Adibe MO, Ukwe CV, & Abdullahi AS. (2023). Healthcare professionals’ perceived stigmatization about direct care of COVID-19 Patients: development and validation of the discrimination about COVID-19 (DisCOV-19) instrument. African Health Sciences, 23(4), 75–84. https://doi.org/10.4314/AHS.V23I4.11

• Aluh DO, Santos-Dias M, Silva M, Pedrosa B, Grigaitė U, Silva RC, de Almeida Mousinho MF, Antunes JP, Remelhe M, Cardoso G, Caldas-de-Almeida JM.(2023) Contextual factors influencing the use of coercive measures in Portuguese mental health care. Int J Law Psychiatry. 90:101918.

• Aluh DO, Aigbogun O, Ukoha-Kalu BO, Silva M, Grigaitė U, Pedrosa B, Santos-Dias M, Cardoso G, Caldas-de-Almeida JM.(2023) Beyond Patient Characteristics: A Narrative Review of Contextual Factors Influencing Involuntary Admissions in Mental Health Care. Healthcare (Basel). 9;11(14):1986.

• Onu JU, Aluh DO, Ononiwu CN. (2023) Psychosocial aspects of Noma (Cancrum Oris) in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. Trop Doct. 53(4):470-474.
• Aluh DO, Okoro RN &  Aigbogun O (2023). Correlates of substance use and dependence among internally displaced persons in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Journal of Substance Use.

• Aluh DO, Onu JU, Caldas-de-Almeida JM. (2023) A new era for mental health care in Nigeria. The Lancet Psychiatry. Online first.

• Aluh DO, Ayilara O, Onu JU, Pedrosa B, Silva M, Grigaitė U, Dias M, Cardoso G, Caldas-de-Almeida JM. (2023) Use of coercion in mental healthcare services in Nigeria: Service providers’ perspective. Journal of Mental Health. Feb:1-9.

• Aluh DO, Onu JU, Ayilara O, Pedrosa B, Silva M, Grigaitė U, Dias M, Cardoso G, Caldas-de-Almeida JM. (2023) A qualitative integrative analysis of service users’ and service providers’ perspectives on ways to reduce coercion in mental health care. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. Feb 13.

• Mosanya AU, Aluh DO, Anosike C, Akunne MO, Anene-Okeke CG, Isah A (2023). Predictors of fertility awareness among selected married women of childbearing age in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey. Afri Health Sci. 2023;23(3): 79-89.

• Sterie A-C, Potthoff S, Erdmann A, Burner-Fritsch IS, Aluh DO, & Schneiders ML (2023). Dimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practice. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22.

2022

• Aluh DO, Ayilara O, Onu JU, Grigaitė U, Pedrosa B, Santos-Dias M, Cardoso G, Caldas-de-Almeida JM (2022). Experiences and perceptions of coercive practices in mental health care among service users in Nigeria: a qualitative study. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2022 Nov 23;16(1):54.

• Aluh DO, Onu JU, Caldas-de-Almeida JM. (2022) Nigeria’s mental health and substance abuse bill 2019: Analysis of its compliance with the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. Int J Law Psychiatry. Jul-Aug; 83:101817.

• Aluh DO, Aigbogun O. & Anyachebelu OC. (2022) Depression Among Immigrant Nigerians in Canada. J Immigrant Minority Health. J Immigr Minor Health. 25(2):315-323.

• Aluh DO, Azeredo-Lopes S, Cardoso G, Pedrosa B, Grigaitė U, Dias M, Xavier M, Caldas-de-Almeida JM (2022). Social anxiety disorder and childhood adversities in Portugal: Findings from the WHO world mental health survey initiative. Psychiatry Res. 2022 Sep; 315:114734.

• Pedrosa B, Cardoso G, Azeredo-Lopes S, Aluh DO, Grigaitė U, Dias M, Silva M, Caldas de Almeida J. (2022) Experiences of care perceived by users of supported accommodations for people with serious mental disorders: Can they impact quality of life? Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2022 Oct 27:207640221127928.

• Aluh DO, Agu DI, Isah A, & Anene-Okeke GC (2022). Prevalence and correlates of burnout among pharmacists in varying areas of practice in Southeast Nigeria. The Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy, 56(1), 56–64.

• Aluh DO, Adibe MO, Abba A, Sam-Eze CE and Isah A. (2022). Depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life in patients attending government – owned psychiatric clinics in Nigeria. Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. 26 No. 1, pp. 47-55.

• Aluh DO, Amorha KC, Anthony-Awi TA (2022). The effect of classroom lectures and a movie recommendation on pharmacy students’ attitudes and social distancing toward people with schizophrenia. The Mental Health Clinician. 12(1):23-31

2021

• David J, Aluh DO, Blonner M, Norberg MM (2021). Excessive Object Attachment in Hoarding Disorder: Examining the Role of Interpersonal Functioning. Behav Ther. 2021 Sep;52(5):1226-1236.

• Onu J, Orji S, Aluh DO, Onyeka T (2021). Aftermath of COVID-19: Forestalling Irreparable Medical Brain Drain in Sub-Saharan Africa. J. Health Care Poor Underserved;32(4):1742-1751.

• Aluh DO, Mosanya AU, Onuoha CL, Anosike C, & Onuigbo EB (2021). An assessment of anxiety towards COVID-19 among Nigerian general population using the Fear of COVID-19 scale. Psychiatry.1:36-43

• Aluh DO, Adibe MO (2021) It is Time to Demystify Research and Publishing in Africa’s Undergraduate Pharmacy Education. Strides Dev Med  Educ;18(1):e1052.

• Aluh DO, Anyachebelu OC, & Isah A (2020). Depression literacy among people living with HIV/AIDS in a Nigerian tertiary hospital. HIV AIDS Rev. 20 (2), 121-126 (0.16)

• Isah A, Adibe MO, Ukwe CV, Okonta JM, Ubaka CM, Aluh DO, Isah A, Ma’aji HU. (2021). Cost-benefit analysis of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services: a contingent valuation study of patients’ preferences from clinical pharmacists’ perspective. Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, 12(1), 18–23.
• Ayogu EE, Aluh DO, & Igboeli NU (2022). Self-medication with antibiotics and anti-malarial drugs among rural dwellers in Enugu State, Nigeria. The Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy, 55(1), 6–12.

2020

• Aluh DO & Onu JU (2020). The need for psychosocial support amidst Covid-19 crises in Nigeria. Psychol Trauma. 12 (5):557

• Aluh DO, & Norberg MM (2020). Community pharmacists as a resource in task-shifted interventions for depression. The Lancet psychiatry. 7(5): e24.

• Anene-Okeke CG, Anosike C, Aluh DO, & Odo LE (2020). Secondary school students’ knowledge, attitude, and practices towards epilepsy in Nsukka City, Enugu State. Epilepsy Behav. 112:107441.

• Aluh DO, Abba A, & Afosi AB (2020). Prevalence and correlates of depression, anxiety and stress among undergraduate pharmacy students in Nigeria. Pharm. Educ. 20:236-248

• Aluh DO & Onu JU (2020). The need for psychosocial support amidst Covid-19 crises in Nigeria. Psychol Trauma. 12 (5):557.

• Aluh DO, Anyachebelu CI, & Ajaraonye CI (2020). Comparison of pharmacists’ mental health literacy: Developed versus developing countries. J Am Pharm Assoc. 60(5S): S64-S72.

• Isah A, Aluh DO, Abba A, Ogbonna CP, Okpara ME, Abdullahi SA, Igboeli NU, Adibe MO, Nworu CS (2020). Impact of the COVID-19 national lockdown on pharmacy students’ productivity and their coping strategies in a developing country: An online survey in Nigerian universities. Pharm Educ;20(2): p. 249 – 259. 

• Anosike C, Aluh DO, Onome OB (2020). Social Distance Towards Mental Illness Among Undergraduate Pharmacy Students in a Nigerian University. East Asian Arch Psychiatry. 30(2):57-62.

• Aluh DO, Okonta M and Odili V (2020). A comparative study of depression literacy between pharmacy and non-pharmacy students of a Nigerian university. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 114-124.

• Amorha KC, Anyanwu EC, Ayogu EE, Aluh DO (2020). Evaluation Of Drug Therapy Problems Among Hypertensive Patients in a Nigerian Secondary Healthcare Centre. Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy;54(2):39-49.

• Okoro RN, Aluh DO, Biambo AA, Hedima EW, & Oluigbo KE (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on pharmacy education: Perspectives of Nigerian undergraduate pharmacy students. Pharmacy Education, 20(2), p. 242 – 248.

2019

• Aluh DO, Okoro RN, Zimboh A (2019). The prevalence of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder among internally displaced persons in Maiduguri, Nigeria. J. Public Ment. Health. vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print.

• Aluh DO, Okonta MJ, & Odili VU (2019). Cross-sectional survey of mental health literacy among undergraduate students of the University of Nigeria. BMJ Open 9:e028913

• Aluh DO, Nworie KM, & Aluh FO (2019). Food safety knowledge and self-reported practices among adolescents in rural secondary schools in Nigeria. Int J Adolesc Med Health. Epub (Ahead of print).

• Isah A, Adibe MO, Anosike C, Aluh DO, Onyekwelu P, Okonta JM, & Ukwe CV (2019). Willingness-to-Accept and Willingness-to-Pay Ratios of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Services in a Nigerian Hospital: A Cross-sectional Contingent Valuation Study. Value in health regional issues 19, 112-121

• Aluh DO, Adibe MO, & Ekwuofu AA (2019). The effect of classroom lectures on student pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self-examination. Pharmacy Education, 19(1), p 348–352.

• Amorha KC, Madueke JS, Aluh DO, Okonta JM, Ukwe CV (2019). Hospital pharmacists’ roles in promoting asthma self-management: a cross-sectional study in a Nigerian tertiary Hospital. West African Journal of Pharmacy: 30 (1) 22 – 34

• Aluh DO, Chukwuobasi T, Mosanya AU (2019). A Cross-Sectional Survey of Social Media Anxiety among Students of University of Nigeria. Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour 24(1):p 51-56.
• Adibe MO, Aluh DO, Ma’aji HU. Anticancer drugs utilization for initiation phase of breast and cervical cancers chemotherapies in a Nigerian tertiary hospital. J Appl Pharm Sci, 2019; 9(03):111–116.

2018

• Aluh DO, Anyachebelu OC, Anosike C, Anizoba EL. Mental health literacy: what do Nigerian adolescents know about depression? Int J Ment Health Syst. 2018 Feb 16;12:8.

• Anene-okeke CG, Isah A, Aluh DO, Ezeme AL. (2018) Knowledge and practice of malaria prevention and management among non-medical students of University of Nigeria Nsukka. Int J Community Med Public Health, 5:461-465

• Aluh DO, Dim OF, & Anene-Okeke CG (2018). Mental Health Literacy among Nigerian teachers. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry 10(4), e12329

• Nworie KM, Aluh DO (2018). Determinants of Diarrhea and Optimal childcare among Under-five children in Nigeria: Insights from the 2013 demographic and health survey. Fam Med Med Sci Res 7 (229), 2.

• Nworie KM, Aluh DO, Onyekwum CA (2018). Assessment of premenstrual syndrome among female students in Southeast Nigeria. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecological Investigations. e56

• Nworie KM, Aluh DO, Adimegwu J & Dim O (2018). Efficacy and safety of meropnem in the treatment of antimicrobial-resistant post-operative chest infections: a case series. Archives of Medical Science – Aging, 1(1), pp.3-7.

2017

• Adibe MO & Aluh DO (2017). Awareness, Knowledge and Attitudes towards Cervical Cancer Amongst HIV-Positive Women Receiving care in a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria. J Canc Educ.

• Adibe MO, Aluh DO, Isah A, Anosike C (2017). Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of Prostate cancer among Male staff of the University of Nigeria. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 18: 1961-66