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Omigbodun O.O. (2001) A cost-effective model for increasing access to mental health care at the primary care level in Nigeria. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics Vol 4, No 3, 133-139; Omigbodun O.O. (2003) Mental health services for children in Nigeria. Where should the focus be? Archives of Ibadan Medicine, Vol 4. No 1, 12
Mental health in education is the impact that mental health (including emotional, psychological, and social well-being) has on educational performance.Mental health often viewed as an adult issue, but in fact, almost half of adolescents in the United States are affected by mental disorders, and about 20% of these are categorized as “severe.” [1] Mental health issues can pose a huge problem ...
Oloye Sir Samuel Layinka Ayodeji Manuwa, CMG, OBE (1903–1976) was a Nigerian surgeon, Inspector General of Medical Services and former Chief Medical Adviser to the Federal Government of Nigeria. He was the first Nigerian to pass the FRCS [ 1 ] and he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD) by the University of Edinburgh in 1934.
The Nigeria's mental health legislation was tagged lunacy ordinance and was first passed in 1916. It was amended in 1958 to grants medical practitioners and magistrates the authority to detain anyone suffering from mental illness, it was renamed the lunacy Act of 1958. [9] Nigeria's mental health policy was first formulated in 1991.
In February 2020, during Nigeria's bid to pass its first mental health law, Ojeifo is known to have defended the rights of people with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities before the Nigerian parliament, making her the first woman to have done something of this sort. [4]
Hilda Dokubo was born as the first of six children in Buguma, a town in Asari-Toru, Rivers State in the South-South region of Nigeria, she went on to complete her primary and secondary school education at St. Mary State School Aggrey Road and Government Girls Secondary School respectively. [5]
The foundation spreads awareness and changes the way people look at mental health in general. It provides a platform that enables people who are seeking help to learn more information and connect with mental health professionals. People are able to share and hear others' stories of their own experiences with mental health. [10]
Oyewusi Gureje, NNOM (born in 1952) is a Nigerian psychiatrist at the University of Ibadan, [1] Nigeria and Director at the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Neurosciences, Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the institution. [2]