Dr Ndukuba, Appolos Chidi
Senior Lecturer
Phone number: 07066096310
Next of Kin: Ndukuba Eucharia
Email : appolosndu@yahoo.com, appolos.ndukuba@unn.edu.ng
Schools attended:
Central School Ogberuru 1976-1982
Township Comprehensive Secondary School Amaifeke 1982-1987
University of Nigeria Nsukka 1990-1998
Professional Qualifications:
MBBS( Nig) (1998)
FWACP(Psych) 2007
Work experience:
Housemanship- Jos University Teaching Hospital 1998-1999
National Youth service Corps- Ohimini Local Government Area Comprehensive Health Centre Idekpa- 1999-2000
Residency training – Jos University Teaching Hospital – 2001-2007
Lecturer –I/Consultant Psychiatrist- Ebonyi State University 2007-2009
Lecturer –I/Consultant Psychiatrist- University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus 2009-2013
Senior lecturer/consultant psychiatrist- UNN 2013-Date
Training/ Workshops attended:
Responsible conduct of clinical research with human subjects organized by the Association of Good Clinical Practice in Nigeria (2008).
Child adolescent psychiatry organized by the association of child and adolescent psychiatrists and allied professionals (2009)
Assessment of drug and substance abuse using the ASSIST organized by the Treatnet Nigeria (2010).
Training in Gestalt Psychotherapy (2010)
Membership to professional bodies:
Member – Nigerian Medical Association
Secretary- Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria(UNTH CHAPTER)
Member- Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria
Member- Association of Good Clinical Practice in Nigeria
Fellow – West African College of Physicians
Administrative experience :
Acting head of department 2006 till date
Departmental undergraduate training coordinator 2009-2016
Departmental examination officer 2009-2016
Service on committees in the university:
Member – Faculty Ombudsman Committee - 2009
Member – Faculty Examination committee -2010
Member – Faculty Transport committee -2010
Member – faculty task force for updating medical students records- 2011
Member- university Committee on citing of projects -2016
Service to relevant public bodies:
Secretary – ARD JUTH Disciplinary Committee -2003
Chairman – ARD JUTH Electoral Committee-2005
Secretary- Ebonyi State NMA Physicians Week Committee-2008
Treasurer- MDCAN Ebonyi State Teaching Hospital – 2007-2009
Secretary –MDCAN UNTH 2013-2016
Chairman – MDCAN UNTH 2017-date
Member- Nigerian Airforce Central Medical Board -2015.
Awards and honours
1. Meritorious service award by ARD JUTH 2005
List of conference papers presented
1. Ezenwa MO, Ndukuba AC. 2010. From traditional psychiatry to religion: the search of what heals. Presented at the Integrating traditional practices into counseling , psychology, psychotherapy and psychiatry conference at University of Kwazulu, Durban South Africa.
2. Ekenze SO, Ndukuba AC. 2012. Perception of epilepsy among public workers: perspectives from a developing country. Presented at 44th annual conference of the Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences ( Port Harcourt 2012)
3. Ndukuba AC, Ibekwe RC, Odinka PC, Muomah RC, Nwoha SO, Igwe MN, Eze C. 2013. Knowledge of conversion disorder in children by pediatricians in a developing country. Presented at the 44th annual general meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria ( Calabar 2013)
4. Nwoha SO, Ndukuba AC, Uwakwe R, Onwukwe JU, Odinka PC. Prevalence and patterns of adverse childhood experience among adolescents in Enugu. Presented at the 44th annual general meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria ( Calabar 2013)
5. Nwoha SO, Ndukuba AC, Uwakwe R, Onwukwe JU, Odinka PC. Suicidality among adolescents in Enugu: prevalence and psychosocial factors. Presented at the 44th annual general meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria ( Calabar 2013)
6. Muomah RC, Anyaeze RC, Ndukuba AC, Odinka PC. Globalization and trans-border crimes: implications for mental health in Nigeria. Presented at the National Scientific Conference and Workshop & General meeting of the Association of Clinical Psychologists in Nigeria (Enugu 2014)
7. Ndukuba AC, Ibekwe RC, Odinka PC, Amadi KU, Muomah RC, Oduburu C. Patterns and correlates of neurodevelopmental delays in children with epilepsy seen university of Nigeria Teaching Hospital . Presented at the 47th 44th annual conference of the Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences (Nnewi 2015)
Publications
1. Ndukuba AC. Socio-demographic and clinical profile of patients admitted into Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital : a three year retrospective study. Ebonyi Medical Journal , 2011;10(1):47-55
2. Ndukuba AC. Integrating traditional and complimentary mental health practices into the mainstream mental health service in Nigeria: How feasible.EMJ 2011;10(1):3-8
3. Ndukuba AC, Ezenwa MO, Igwe SC. Nigerian Mental health workers perception of integrating traditional mental health practice into the mainstream. Nig J Psych 2012;10(3):8-12.
4. Igwe MN, Uwakwe R, Ahanotu CA, Onyeama GM, Bakare MO, Ndukuba AC. Factors associated with depression and suicide among patients with diabetes mellitus and essential hypertension in a Nigerian teaching hospital. Afr Health Sciences. 2013;13(1):68-77.
5. Ekenze OS, Ndukuba AC. Perception of epilepsy among public workers: perspectives from a developing country. Epilepsy Behav 2013;26(1):87-90.
6. Ndukuba AC, Muomah RC, Odinka PC, Nwoha SO, Ndukuba ET. Resources available for school based mental health services in Enugu urban and head teachers’ knowledge of childhood mental health problems. Orient Journal of Medicine 2014; 26 [3-4]:127-132.
7. Igwe MN, Ndukuba AC, Attama CM, Ogbonna PN, Igwe C. Electroconvulsive therapy in the eyes of undergraduate nursing students. Open Journal of Nursing, 2014, 4, 818-823.
8. Odinka PC, Oche M, Ndukuba AC, Muomah RC, Osika MU, Bakare MO, Agomoh A, Uwakwe R. The Sociodemographic characteristics and patterns of help-seeking among patients with schizophrenia in southeast Nigeria. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 25(1), 180–191.
9. Odinka PC, Ndukuba AC, Muomah RC, Oche M, Osika MU, Bakare MO, Agomoh AO, Uwakwe R. Positive and Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia as Correlates of Help-Seeking Behaviour and the Duration of Untreated Psychosis in South-East Nigeria. S Afr J Psychiatr 2014;20(4):166-171.
10.Ndukuba AC, Odinka PC, Muomah RC, Obindo JT, Omigbodun OO. ADHD Among Rural Southeastern Nigerian Primary School Children: Prevalence and Psychosocial Factors. J Atten Disord. 2014 Jul 28. pii: 1087054714543367.
11.Ibekwe RC, Ndukuba AC, Aronu AE, Ojinnaka NC. Co-morbidity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and epilepsy in children seen in university of Nigeria teaching hospital Enugu: prevalence, clinical and social correlates. The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2014;21(4):273-277.
12. Ndukuba AC, Odinka PC, Amadi KU, Muomah RC, Nwoha SO, Nduanya UC. A review of psychiatric services within a teaching hospital in Nigeria between 2009 and 2012. Int. J Med Health Dev , 2015;20(1):2-11.
13.Ndukuba AC, Ibekwe RC, Odinka PC, Muomah RC, Nwoha SO, Eze C. knowledge of conversion disorder in children by pediatricians in a developing country. NJCP 2015;18(4):534-537.
14.Amadi KU, Uwakwe R, Odinka PC, Ndukuba AC, Muomah RC, Ohaeri JU. Religion, coping and outcome in out-patients with depression or diabetes mellitus. Acta Psychiatrica Scandanavica 2015;1-8. DOI: 10.1111/acps12537.
15.Odinka PC, Ndukuba AC, Muomah RC, Amadi KU, Osika MU, Bakare MO, Agomoh AO, Uwakwe R. the relative contributions of clinical and sociaocultural factors to treatment delay among patients with schizophrenia in south-east Nigeria. International Journal of Psychosocial rehabilitation 2015;19(2):63-74.
16.Ndukuba AC, Odinka PC, Ndukuba ET, MOng EU, Muomah RC, Igwe MN. Perception of Nigerian healthcare professionals about substance abuse and their willingness to seek substance –related help: a pilot study. Orient Journal of Medicine 2015;27(3-4):86-92.
17.Ndukuba AC, odinka PC, Muomah RC, Nwoha SO. Clinical and sociodemographic profile of women with post partum psychiatric conditions ata a federal neuropsychiatric hospital in southeast Nigeria between 2009-2011. Annals of Medical and Health Research, 2015;5(3)168-172.
18.Ndukuba AC, Oduburu CC, Odinka PC, Nwankwo LN, Amadi KU, Muomah RC. The use of physical restraint in the care of mentally ill by nurses in a psychiatric hospital in southeast Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Psychiatry 2015;13(1):44-49.
19. Ndukuba AC, Ibekwe RC, Odinka PC, Igwe MN, Obindo JT, Omigbodun O. symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among rural primary school children in southeast Nigeria :comparison of school and home settings. Nigerian J Pediatrics, 2015;42(4):329-334.
20.Onwuekwe I, Ndukuba A, Mbachi C, Igwilo R. prevalence and sociodemographic profile of sleep dysfunction in southeast Nigerian medical undergraduates- a preliminary study. Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry,2015;1(2):100-107.
21. Odinka PC, Muomah RC, Ndukuba AC, Oche M, Osika MU, Bakare MO, Agomoh AO, Uwakwe R. The sociocultural conceptualizations of schizophrenia and patterns of help seeking in south-east Nigeria. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 2015; DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2014.1000842
22. Ndukuba AC, Ibekwe RC, Odinka PC, MUomah RC, Amadi KU, Nduanya U, Nwoha SO, Oduburu CC. Attitude of Nigerian pediatricians towards referring children for psychiatric evaluation. Nigerian Journal of Psychiatry,2016;14(1):20-24.
23.Ndukuba AC, Ibekwe RC, Odinka PC, MUomah RC. A report of three cases of Nigerian children with conversion disorder. African J of Medical and Health Sciences, 2015;14(2):140-143.
24. Amadi KU, Uwakwe R, Ndukuba AC, Odinka PC, Igwe MN, Obayi NK, Ezeme MS. Relationship between religiosity, religious coping and sociodemographic variables among out-patients with depression or diabetes mellitus in Enugu, Nigeria. 2016;16(2):497-506.
25.Ibekwe RC, Ndukuba AC, Aronu AE, Eke CB, Ibekwe MU, Ojinnaka NC. Determinants of noncompliance to clinic appointments and medications among Nigerian children with epilepsy: experience in a tertiary health facility in Enugu, Nigeria. Behav Neurol, 2016:6580416.