Tag: Mental Disorder
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Nearly one billion people have mental disorder worldwide – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder, according to latest data by the United Nations (UN). The data released on Friday said the staggering figure was even more worrying because it included around one in seven teenagers.
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Despair: Suicide, Never an Option! – By Michael West
The shocking news of a suicide reportedly committed by a telecommunications company’s employee, Folake Abiola, an accountant, last weekend, shook the news media space. Largely described as a good woman, unmarried and an active church worker, Folake painfully ended her life abruptly.
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‘50m Nigerians suffer mental disorder’
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Dr Ibrahim Wakawa, has said at least 50 million Nigerians are believed to be suffering from mental disorders. Wakawa alerted nemswen to the problem yesterday at the unveiling of the Borno State Government Mental Health Strategic Implementation Plan in…
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Mental disorder accounts for high suicide rate-Psychiatrist
A Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Kafayat Ogunsola, has said mental disorder accounts for 90 per cent of suicide cases in the country. Ogunsola, who works at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, spoke on the sidelines of the 2019 World Suicide Prevention Day. She said: “Ninety per cent of cases of suicide occur as…
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Women who dont have regular sex risk mental disorder-Maymunah Kadiri
A psychiatrist, Dr Maymunah Kadiri on Saturday advised married women to have regular sex with their spouses in order to prevent depression and gain happiness. Mental disorder in women who do not have regular sex Depression is a common mental disorder that causes people to experience depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of…
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HEALTH: KASU Don finds cure for epilepsy, mental disorder
Kaduna State University (KASU) Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ben Chindo, has discovered herbal cure for epilepsy, and a kind of mental disorder known as schizophrenia. The KASU Don, who is also the dean of KASU’s School of Pharmaceutical Studies, announced the breakthrough at the university’s 2nd Professorial Inaugural Lecture on Friday. In the inaugural…