A must read: Medical expert says 64 million Nigerians suffer from mental illness

The expert advocated for quick passage of the Mental Health bill by the National Assembly.

The Founder of the Mental Health Foundation, Emmanuel Owoyemi, said on Thursday that 64 million Nigerians had one form of mental illness or the other. Mr. Owoyemi, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, on the sideline of a forum to mark the 2013 World Mental Health Day, attributed the situation to the absence of a mental health policy in the country.

Mental healthThe forum had the theme: “Mental Health and Older Adults”. “64 million Nigerians today are going through one form of mental illness or the other because everything that would cause mental illness is on the increase in Nigeria. “Poverty is on the increase, hopelessness is on the increase, insecurity is on the increase.

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Posted: at 10-10-2013 08:03 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

  i hope they no Forget to add Ajanni ,if they did then Ajanni made it 65 Million 

Posted: at 10-10-2013 08:28 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Witches are consider mental patients

Posted: at 10-10-2013 11:47 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Many are mad and roaming about and few are actually in medical institutions.

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Posted: at 11-10-2013 07:50 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Posted: at 12-10-2013 05:23 AM (10 years ago) | Grande Master

64million? Haba dats 2much naw
U mean in every 3nigerians u must find 1mad pson?
How many come dey gistmania?
Cos I know some here abi make I call their names?

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Posted: at 12-10-2013 01:44 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

actualy, d list na fake, e supose 2 b 170milion, bcoz all of us in 9ja get mental illness! Includin doz dt compile d list!

Posted: at 30-04-2014 11:16 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming