Samuel J Pullen Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Post-conflict Liberia; Focus groups; Children and adolescents; Substance use; School
St. Luke
Samuel J Pullen belongs to Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health,and his areas of interest are Psychopathology Mental Illness Treatment Clinical Psychiatry Psychopharmacology Community Psychiatry Preventive Psychiatry Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and his one of the publication is Video-Teleconferencing With Medical Students to Improve Exposure to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Brief Report.
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Samuel J Pullen, Liana Petruzzi, Brittany CL Lange, Lindsey Parnarouskis, Silvia Dominguez, Benjamin Harris, Nicole Quiterio, Michelle P Durham, Gondah Lekpeh, Burgess Manobah, Siede P Slopadoe, Veronique C Diandy, Arthur J Payne, David C Henderson and Christina PC Borba
Objective: Substance use is a significant and common problem among school-aged youths throughout Africa. Like other countries on this continent, the West-African nation of Liberia is recovering from civil war. A well-educated population of young people is critical to the recovery efforts and long-term success of Liberia. Substance use by school-aged youths has important public health consequences that could undermine Liberia’s post-conflict recovery efforts. We wanted to better understand the culturally ... view moreĀ»