September 12, 2022
60 Million Nigerians Battling Depression, Other Mental Illness
According to recent statistic, not less than 60 million Nigerians are suffering from mental illness More than 60 million Nigerians, according to Taiwo Obindo, President of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN), are affected by mental diseases. This was said by Mr. Obindo, who is also the head of the faculty of psychiatry at the Nigerian branch of the West African College of Physicians, in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Abuja. “Mental healthcare is in a sorry state given that we have more than...