Nigeria has inhabitants of about 230million individuals, is certainly a blessing to the country and good current market for local and foreign buyers.
But, my beloved state has 80 million folks at hazard of mental wellness challenges.
Sad to say, there are less than 200 professionals, qualified and empowered with certificates to offer with this social concern, all around our place.
Dr Jibril Abdulmalik, convener/chief govt officer of Asido Basis, a non-governmental firm, dropped this hint on Thursday the Nigerian Institute of Health care Analysis in Yaba, Lagos.
Speaking throughout the launch of his ebook: Optimum Psychological Overall health: An Day-to-day Guidebook, Abdulmalik stated that the Planet Well being Organisaton has said that a person in each and every 4 individual is a victim at any position in their lifetime.
In accordance to him, throughout the entire world, 10 per cent of the populace is presently struggling from 1 sort it.
In Nigeria, there is a huge hole concerning wellbeing personnel and victims. He declared level-blank that figures expose that 80 % of Nigerians do not have obtain to mental health remedies.
Reality is that there are insufficient experienced, certificated mental wellness gurus. As a result, some untrained individuals could quickly deceive victims with the capability to cure them.
Poverty degree in our country is on the significant aspect. A lot of individuals think there are unearned miracles in churches, mosque and classic options. This is not suitable. We do the job for what we receive..
His words: “For instance in Akwa Ibom state, youngsters, are labeled witches and witchcrafts and despatched to churches or healing facilities, wherever they are chained and flogged, daily in try to heal them of witches”.
He more discussed that ignorance, shame, stigmatization, has led to persons snubbing, or out-rightly abandoning mental overall health victims, rather of using them to hospital for good medical care.
The Asido scribe mentioned that his non-governing administration group arrived to getting in purchase to have out advocacy, networking, awareness generation, and empowerment for customers of the public on challenges relating to it.
In his submission, Prof B. L Salako, director-typical, Nigerian Institute for Clinical Analysis, praised Abdulmalik for the producing a e-book on mental health and suggested that the e book, should really be produced obtainable to all and sundry.
Prof T. L Sheikh, nationwide president, Affiliation of Psychiatrists in Nigeria called on the federal government to deliver and enabling natural environment for far more men and women to go into trainings in order to come to be skillfully qualified psychological health staff, in purchase to lessen the large gap, presently present in that sector.