Lydia Adza Ajayi

Lydia Adza Ajayi

Lydia Adza Ajayi is a Hospital Administrator, Social Worker, and Colombo-trained substance use prevention and substance use disorders treatment professional.  She has completed the UTC 1-8; completed UPC Core, UPC Family, and UPC Community.

Currently, she is a Director/Registrar at the Federal School of Occupational Therapy (FSOT), a School established by the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos. 

Her greatest achievements so far:

  1. She has completed work on her first book titled “Family: The Heart of Drug Abuse Prevention”.  The book is presently with the press and is slated for launching on Monday, 4th June, 2022.
  2. She registered an NGO in 2020 – Lydia’s Lifeline Initiative for Well-being, for the prevention of substance use and treatment of substance use disorders.  The NGO is currently working to empower out-of-school children in her rural community so they will not engage in drug use.
  3. Getting to the peak of her career as Director is also an achievement for her.

She desires to contribute to the efforts at improving public health by ensuring a happy, rewarding, fulfilling and drug-free life for children in her community.

Abstract

Occupational Therapy as a potent tool in Substance Use Disorder Use Recovery: A Case Study of Federal School of Occupational Therapy Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria

Introduction:

The World Federation of Occupational Therapists defines Occupational Therapy as a client-centered health profession concerned with promoting health and well-being through occupation.  

The primary goal of School Of Occupational Therapy is to enable undergraduate students learn the best modalities by using recovery capital to assist people with Substance Use Disorder to participate in the activities of daily living.

Reasons:

Lack of daily occupations can adversely affect people with substance Use Disorder because of the effects that substance addiction has on a person's physical, cognitive, and psychosocial health. 

Method:

The School of occupational therapy has graduated about 312 students since its inception in 2003 and has emerged in a unique position to help people struggling to recover from substance addiction, helping re-establish the roles and identities that are most important to them.

Occupations inextricably bring meaning to our lives; they give a description of who we are and how we feel about ourselves and community.

The effects of substance use disorders on occupational performance are quite enormous; so far, over 50 clients have been helped in recovery.

In conclusion, the roles of training the occupational therapists in Evidence Based Practice in recovery of people with substance use Disorder is enormous.