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A new era for mental health care in Nigeria

(3 days ago) WEBNigeria's National Mental Health Act 2021 was signed into law on Jan 5, 2023, after two decades of struggle to repeal the outdated, colonial mental health legislation. With this achievement, Nigeria joins the few African countries that have revised or enacted new …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(23)00071-8/fulltext

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Nigeria’s new law shines spotlight on mental health care …

(Just Now) WEBMetrics. Nigeria’s new mental health act establishes human rights protections for patients and promotes community-based care, offering a roadmap for other countries, despite …

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02536-9

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Mental health in Nigeria: A Neglected issue in Public Health

(7 days ago) WEBNigeria. Public health. Mental health policies. Mental health law. 1. Introduction. Mental health is an integral part of health and well-being, and yet it's been neglected in this …

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000914

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Partnership for the implementation of mental health …

(7 days ago) WEB71% of countries in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) African Region have a stand-alone mental health policy or plan, but only 14% have fully implemented it. In Nigeria, …

https://ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-020-00344-z

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Perceptions, attitudes and cultural understandings of …

(6 days ago) WEBThere is also a dearth of secondary review studies exploring knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes towards persons with mental health disorders in Nigeria. The aim of this …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13674676.2020.1726883

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A structured approach to integrating mental health …

(6 days ago) WEBThe treatment gap for mental illness in Nigeria, as in other sub-Saharan countries, is estimated to be around 85%. There is need to prioritise mental health care in low and …

https://ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-018-0188-0

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Mental health system governance in Nigeria: challenges, …

(3 days ago) WEBIncreasing attention is now focused on the concept of health system governance (HSG), which aims at ‘ensuring that strategic policy frameworks exist and are combined with …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5314752/

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Mental Health Publication - Africa Polling Institute

(5 days ago) WEBMental illness. Mental illness , also called mental health disorders, refers to a wide range of mental health conditions. They are disorders that a ect a person’s mood, thinking …

https://africapolling.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Mental-Health-in-Nigeria-Survey-Report.pdf

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From illness to disability: changing the mental health conversation …

(8 days ago) WEBHauwa Ojeifo takes a look at the mental health conversations in Nigeria and how these conversations shape the identity of people with mental health conditions and …

https://ncdalliance.org/news-events/blog/from-illness-to-disability-changing-the-mental-health-conversation-in-nigeria

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MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN NIGERIA - University of …

(8 days ago) WEBstressful, poverty-driven lifestyles are rampant. It is estimated that 20-30% of Nigeria’s population suffers from mental health challenges , although the number reported by the …

https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Final-Case-_for-web-1.pdf

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Mental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Nigeria

(4 days ago) WEBMental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Nigeria; Mental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Nigeria. 15 April 2022 Technical document. Download (195.3 kB) WHO Team. …

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/mental-health-atlas-nga-2020-country-profile

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New legislation to overhaul mental health care in Nigeria

(3 days ago) WEBMental health practitioners have welcomed Nigeria's new mental health law, signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Jan 5. In a huge change to mental health care in the …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00165-4/fulltext

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Young Nigerians are tackling the stigma of mental health

(5 days ago) WEBA culture of silence. The stigma surrounding mental health in Nigeria is sustained by a culture of silence and outdated portrayals in local media, says Dr. Umar Baba Musami, a …

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2022/0510/Young-Nigerians-are-tackling-the-stigma-of-mental-health

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At last, a modern Mental Health Law for Nigeria - Businessday NG

(8 days ago) WEBAt last, a modern Mental Health Law for Nigeria. Femi Olugbile. January 13, 2023. On the 5th of January 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari signed a new Mental Health bill …

https://businessday.ng/columnist/article/at-last-a-modern-mental-health-law-for-nigeria/

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Mental health UNICEF Nigeria

(1 days ago) WEBEU, UNICEF address mental health of 5,129 out-of-school children in Borno. ABUJA, 20 September 2021 – As children continue to bear the brunt of the 12-year conflict in north …

https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/topics/mental-health

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(PDF) Developing mental health services in Nigeria - ResearchGate

(3 days ago) WEBDeveloping mental health services in Nigeria. The impact of a community-base d mental health awareness programme. Received: 4 October 2007 / Accepted: 25 January 2008 / …

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5564516_Developing_mental_health_services_in_Nigeria

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Nigerian Mental Health

(7 days ago) WEBConnecting Nigerians actively focused on advancing mental health. Nigerian Mental Health is a global community of mental health practitioners, with over 30 mental …

https://www.nigerianmentalhealth.org/

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How new law changes mental health care in Nigeria Dataphyte

(1 days ago) WEBPresident Muhammadu Buhari, on January 6, 2022, signed the Mental Health Bill of 2021 into law, according to a report by Premium Times. This comes after two failed attempts …

https://www.dataphyte.com/latest-reports/how-new-law-changes-mental-health-care-in-nigeria/

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WHO-AIMS Report on Mental Health System in Nigeria

(3 days ago) WEBWHO MiNDbank is a database of resources covering mental health, substance abuse, disability, general health, human rights and development. WHO-AIMS Report on …

https://extranet.who.int/mindbank/item/1303

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