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18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by lekanolas: 1:21pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
About18 million Nigerians representing 12 percent of the nation’s 150 million population require medical attention on mentalrelated ailments, a United Kingdom-based Nigerian Consultant Psychiatrist and CEO of Snapse Services, Dr Vincent Udenze, has said. Udenze spoke yesterday at a one-day interactive session on improving the role of the family in mental health care held in Abuja. He, however, said there could have been a drastic decline in the figure but for lateness in diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Udenze listed possible causes of mental disease to include addiction to drug and alcohol and excessive depression, noting that families of affected persons have basic roles to play in ensuring prompt diagnosis and treatment for people living with the disorder. While calling on private investors to come into the rescue in the country, he expressed displeasure with public attitude towards the patients, saying: “Those with diabetics go on the street, we don’t stigmatise them. Those with high blood pressure go to work, we don’t stigmatise them. We talk about those people with mental disorder badly when they are actually someone dear to us; when they are actually members of some particular families. “Unfortunately, when we say mental illness, most of us jump into conclusion and think of the man on the street, the person we call the mad man; we stigmatize him. That is a lady or gentleman who had been unfortunately let down by the society because he is ill, no one cares for him or her; she is left there on the street. In some cultures, they even get abused, raped. There is thinking that if you sleep with a mad woman, you can make some money. So, society abuses them. All of us as Nigerians, what are we doing about this?” He added that families are often stigmatized along with the patients after a cure is achieved, and that such stigmatization could last for generations. According to him, mental disorder did not mean that the person on the street could not be healed. Udenze said that services of professionals should be sought to save the patients from the disease. Mental illness, he said, is manageable like diabetics and hypertension, among others, stressing that early diagnosis and treatment was the best way to treating http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/18-million-nigerians-are-mentally-sick-expert/ 2 Likes |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by ITbomb(m): 2:00pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
Still on this, 12% of Nairalanders or about 18,000 numbers who post everyday are mentally derailed. No wonder. 17 Likes |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by spicyp(f): 2:01pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
Nai be wetn my lecturer de teach for class now |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by alfredo4u(m): 2:02pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
is becos of lack of garri. wats my position pls 1 Like |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by executinal(m): 2:02pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
This is really crazy. But wait a minute it could be true, because some percentage member of Nairaland Mentall illness is fast increasing. ha ha ha ha ![]() ![]() |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by Nobody: 2:03pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
U WEY POST THIS INFO, U TOO FOLLOW AMONG THE PERCENTAGE... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 1 Like |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by MrMotor: 2:04pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
Yay! ![]() |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by momodub: 2:07pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
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Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by Nobody: 2:08pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
plus you and ur useless famliy/lineage/generation. |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by Nobody: 2:08pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
ITbomb: Still on this, 12% of Nairalanders or about 18,000 numbers who post everyday are mentally derailed.it reflects by the knds of craps some nairalanders post here. Those ones in the habit of saying 'how does this affects the price of garri' or first to comment,second to comment are also included in d list. ish,abeg am out jare 7 Likes |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by BashMe1(m): 2:08pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
I no fit laff... na true na, na 4 traffic u go c dem pass ![]() |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by Aizebioje(m): 2:09pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
How many of our leaders are on that list? 2 Likes |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by solid3(m): 2:09pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
The number is quite more than that, they havent heard or M a d Cow, 190 etc. 1 Like |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by Nobody: 2:10pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
That explains a lot on this forum! ![]() 1 Like |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by kkkp: 2:11pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
![]() lekanolas: About18 million Nigerians representing 12 percent of the nation’s 150 million population require medical attention on mentalrelated ailments, a United Kingdom-based Nigerian Consultant Psychiatrist and CEO of Snapse Services, Dr Vincent Udenze, has said. 1 Like |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by salt1: 2:11pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
18 million? How did he arrive at this figure? Who carried out the research? There are different types of lies: lies, white lies and statistics. Nigeria has enough problems already. Don't frighten us the more with these guesstimates. 2 Likes |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by Freiburger(m): 2:11pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
That figure is wrong, it should be much higher, that include the OP, the psychiatrist experts, and the publisher of that article. 1 Like |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by Temismith(f): 2:12pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
Majourity of dem re on Nl 1 Like |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by tropicanna: 2:12pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
;DGo gaga goin crazy naija pple.4get abt ur mary kay |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by chimauk(m): 2:13pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
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Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by ikweremilitant: 2:13pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
ITbomb: Still on this, 12% of Nairalanders or about 18,000 numbers who post everyday are mentally derailed.am not suprisd with d lykes of bluetooth,egg heads,dayokun,eko ile nd all the onibaje crew in this forum shows half of dis number com frm the sw.abeg no ban me for sayng the truth o 2 Likes |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by talentedjoe(m): 2:14pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
Choi....abeg make them start from aso rock o...no wonder we dey live under derailed system of government ![]() |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by ukpaku: 2:14pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
i hope there not including conductors n agboro. |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by Nobody: 2:14pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
This is probably a very conservative estimate. |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by Hardfact: 2:16pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
Maybe, maybe not. But, fact: much more than multiples of 18million Nigerians are madly poor, and economically sick! 2 Likes |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by FXKing2012(m): 2:16pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
lekanolas: About18 million Nigerians representing 12 percent of the nation’s 150 million population require medical attention on mentalrelated ailments, a United Kingdom-based Nigerian Consultant Psychiatrist and CEO of Snapse Services, Dr Vincent Udenze, has said.Now I know why certain comments appear on NL by the likes of... (I'm not gonna name names) |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by tigonana: 2:17pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
Wen money no dey,we are still counting joor b4 nxt week he go don reach 35million nigerians.. |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by Guapo(m): 2:17pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
so gbogbo wa ti ya were abi? edokay ![]() |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by fijiano202(m): 2:17pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
i was thinking 130 million 1 Like |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by obicentlis: 2:18pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
Where did he get the statistics. Who and who are his sambles? How did he come about the figure. I know that there are mad people in Nigeria but I Strongly disagree with the Doctor, NigerianS are not the hard drug takers rather we are part of the sellers. If we take a close look at the rate in which hard drugs are consumed StatiStically, then, Nigeria is on the least. Nigerians are not known as depressed set, even in the face of death, the slogan will be 'E go better'. Why associate every bad thing to Nigeria, Haba! |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by hollypagan: 2:19pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
NA HIM PAPA DEY MENTAL |
Re: 18 Million Nigerians Are Mentally Ill - Psychiatrist by Nobody: 2:19pm On Feb 19, 2013 |
kkkp:Na only mad person dey ask dis kind question,abeg go see ur doctor joor 5 Likes |
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