Tag: Psychiatrist
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60m Nigerians suffering from mental illnesses – Psychiatrist
Prof. Taiwo Obindo, President, the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN), says that more than 60 million Nigerians are suffering from mental illnesses. Obindo, who is also the Chairman, Faculty of Psychiatry, West African College of Physicians, Nigeria Chapter, said this in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Abuja.
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Why children misbehave, disobey – Psychiatrist
The Head, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCH, Ibadan, Dr Tolulope Bella-Awusah, says that the upstairs brain, that controls action and behaviour is not yet matured or still developing in children. Bella-Awusah made the observation in an interview with NAN on the sidelines of a scientific conference organised by the Association of Resident
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Get a psychiatrist to examine me if I join Obasanjo’s coalition – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka said a psychiatrist should be called to examine him should he join the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) recently launched by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Soyinka spoke in an interview with BBC Yoruba Service, which began online on Monday. Obasanjo had in a letter written to President Muhammadu Buhari in…
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Over 9 million Nigerians suffering from depression – Psychiatrist
Dr Daramola Tayo, Chief Consultant and Head of Behavioural Medicine, Karu General Hospital says an estimated nine million Nigerians may be suffering from depression. Tayo disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a health talk on depression organised by the Public Health Department, Health and Human Services Secretariat, FCTA. The psychiatrist said depression could be…
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Suicide: Seek help from psychiatric, counselling centres, Psychologist advises Nigerians
A psychologist, Prof. Amos Alao, on Saturday advised Nigerians undergoing depression to seek help from the counselling and psychiatric centres to reduce suicide cases in the country. Alao, also a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, gave the advice at the 9th inaugural lecture of the institution in Ota. The…