50m Nigerians Suffer Mental Disorder – CMD
October 24, 2019
3:04 am
Dr. Ibrahim Wakawa, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Maiduguri, raised the alarm at the unveiling of the Borno State Government Mental Health Strategic Implementation Plan in Maiduguri, yesterday.
Represented by Dr. Ibrahim Mshelia, a Mental Health Consultant at the hospital, Wakawa attributed the countryโs high burden of mental disorders to insurgency, lack of awareness and health facilities to handle such cases.
The CMD said that studies have shown that one among four Nigerians were suffering from mental or psychosocial, traumatic health problems.
He explained that the hospital was providing healthcare services to about 30 million people in …
