Dealing With Mental Health Concerns In Nigeria

Nigeria has population of about 230million persons, is in fact a blessing to the nation and excellent industry for area and overseas traders.

But, my beloved place has 80 million people today at hazard of mental well being problems.

Sad to say, there are much less than 200 experts, properly trained and empowered with certificates to deal with this social situation, all in excess of our region.

Dr Jibril Abdulmalik, convener/main government officer of Asido Basis, a non-governmental corporation, dropped this trace on Thursday the Nigerian Institute of Professional medical Study in Yaba, Lagos.

Talking throughout the start of his e-book: Best Psychological Overall health: An Everyday Guidebook, Abdulmalik stated that the Planet Well being Organisaton has stated that 1 in every single 4 human being is a sufferer at any point in their everyday living.

In accordance to him, across the entire world, 10 p.c of the inhabitants is presently suffering from a single type it.

In Nigeria, there is a extensive gap in between wellbeing workers and victims. He declared level-blank that figures reveal that 80 per cent of Nigerians do not have access to psychological well being treatment plans.

Truth is that there are inadequate educated, certificated mental wellbeing gurus. For that reason, some untrained people could effortlessly deceive victims with the capability to cure them.

Poverty degree in our state is on the large facet. Loads of people today imagine there are unearned miracles in churches, mosque and regular options. This is not suitable. We function for what we receive..

His words and phrases: “For occasion in Akwa Ibom state, kids, are labeled witches and witchcrafts and sent to churches or therapeutic facilities, where by they are chained and flogged, everyday in endeavor to overcome them of witches”.

He further described that ignorance, disgrace, stigmatization, has led to individuals snubbing, or out-rightly abandoning psychological well being victims, alternatively of taking them to clinic for right healthcare care.

The Asido scribe explained that his non-federal government firm came to becoming in get to carry out advocacy, networking, consciousness generation, and empowerment for associates of the general public on difficulties relating to it.

In his submission, Prof B. L Salako, director-basic, Nigerian Institute for Healthcare Investigate, praised Abdulmalik for the producing a e-book on psychological well being and suggested that the ebook, should really be created out there to all and sundry.

Prof T. L Sheikh, nationwide president, Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria referred to as on the government to deliver and enabling ecosystem for a lot more men and women to go into trainings in order to grow to be skillfully qualified mental overall health personnel, in get to cut down the vast hole, presently existing in that sector.