Popular reggae artist, Majek Fashek, says mental health is very important in the lives of people and a nation and mentally ill people have great potentials and talents.

Fashek spoke at the 46th Annual General Conference and Scientific Meeting of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN) in Lagos on Wednesday.

Fashek said, “mental health is not a yardstick to look down upon people.
“There is need to create a system to manage or rehabilitate people who are not mentally balanced and as well create more awareness on mental health challenges and appropriate management.

“Government should look into how to rehabilitate mental health patients as most of them have great potentials and talents’’, Fashek said.

Dr Richard Adebayo, the Acting Medical Director, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, said mental health Act was necessary in the country.

Adebayo, added that mental health was integral to the stability of any nation.

“Most of the burning issues confronting us as a nation, such as insecurity, economic crisis, just to mention a few, have grave mental health concerns.

“The health impact is often unquantifiable; and we know there is no health without mental health.

“Unfortunately, we don’t have a workable and realistic policy direction, no mental health Act to guide us and protect the rights of our patients.

“It is critical to deliberate on vital issues that will promote the very change we desire and enlighten our policy makers that mental health is very crucial in our collective drive towards the positive change’’, Adebayo said.

He added that lots of people were well dressed, “but mentally, they are not okay.

“Consequently, to kick-start our security system, economy and general life as a nation, good mental health is very crucial.

“It will also help practitioners to guide their practice, help our people to be rehabilitated and not to be abandoned’’, Adebayo said.

Prof. Joseph Adeyemi, President of APN, said the conference will draw experience from globalisation.

Theme of the conference is: “Mental Health as a Driver for Positive Change.’’

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Posted: at 29-10-2015 11:30 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Yeah....change has come to stay...

Posted: at 29-10-2015 11:38 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

Start. From.  Buhari   ,   All.  Hail.  Biafra

Posted: at 29-10-2015 11:57 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Now i know why you are so talented bro!

Posted: at 29-10-2015 12:39 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Yes, u speak with so much passion about the mental people cos you are one of them. Once a mental case, always a mental case..

Posted: at 29-10-2015 01:11 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Yes oh

Posted: at 29-10-2015 01:42 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Anyway he's right coz some of dem are very intelligent

Posted: at 29-10-2015 03:21 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Yes we don see ur talent...
Das y u end up for rehab...
Sorry, d talent go into ur head u con go into rehab to clear d talent abi...

Posted: at 29-10-2015 06:41 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Yes, u speak with so much passion about the mental people cos you are one of them. Once a mental case, always a mental case..

.   Guy na wa for u o. He was on drugs not mental. Pls show some respect.

Posted: at 29-10-2015 08:29 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Well said mr Majek

Posted: at 29-10-2015 08:31 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

I jump and pass,craze good to look but not good to have as a child.

Posted: at 30-10-2015 08:24 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

I jump and pass,craze good to look but not good to have as a child.

Posted: at 30-10-2015 08:24 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Hahaha, Majek don kill me with laugh.

Posted: at 11-01-2016 06:58 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

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