Nigeria: 'Noise Pollution, Stress, Sitting in Traffic, Poverty Fuel Mental Disorders in Nigeria'

28 September 2017
interview

Dr. Olawale Lagundoye is a consultant psychiatrist and Executive Director of the foremost private psychiatric hospital in Nigeria and West Africa, The Retreat: Therapy Redefined, located in Ikorodu, Lagos State. Lagundoye in a chat with journalists said noise pollution, stress, sitting in traffic, generators, poverty and other social vices are fueling mental disorders in Nigeria. He, however, recommended early identification and timely treatment by providing quality psychological and medical interventions in a specialized mental care facility. CHUKWUMA MUANYA (Assistant Editor) was there.

Who is mentally ill? Or rather when can one be described having mental problem?

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