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Nigeria: The Tricky Mask of Depression and the Culture of Denial in Nigeria
Nigeria Health Watch, 26 April 2017
Editor's Note: This week our Thought Leadership Article beams a spotlight on the invisible but alarming disease of depression in Nigeria. Dr. Mona-Lisa Kwentoh is a Consultant… Read more »
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Nigeria: Mental Health - the Danger of Nigeria's Single Story
Nigeria Health Watch, 27 July 2017
Editor's Note: This week's Thought Leadership Article on Health was written by Dr Ukwuori-Gisela Kalu, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and advocate for better mental health… Read more »
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Nigeria: WHO Urges Nigeria, Others to Prioritize Mental Health
Daily Trust, 7 April 2017
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on Nigeria and other countries to prioritize mental health. Read more »
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Nigeria: Lagos Raises Alarm Over Increasing Rate of Suicide
Vanguard, 8 April 2017
As the world yesterday marked this year's World Health Day with the theme: "Let's Talk Depression", the Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over increasing rate of suicide… Read more »
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Nigeria: Depression - 7 Million Nigerians Risk Suicide
Vanguard, 30 May 2017
The growing incidence of suicide among Nigerians has become worrisome to the extent that psychiatrists and other physicians have called for high index of suspicion for signs and… Read more »
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Nigeria: Seven Million Nigerians Have Mental Related Ailments, Says Expert
This Day, 31 August 2017
A prominent medical consultant and Chairman of the Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria, Ekiti Zone, Dr. Olabode Shabi, has said that about seven million Nigerians are currently… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Angry Children of Suicide
This Day, 28 March 2017
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The Tricky Mask of Depression and Nigeria's Culture of Denial
Nigeria Health Watch's Thought Leadership Article beams a spotlight on the invisible but alarming disease of depression in Nigeria. Dr. Mona-Lisa Kwentoh writes candidly about how depression hides under smiles and pain, and touches on the reluctance of Nigerian culture to accept depression as an illness which needs professional medical care...
Photographer Tsoku Maela, who suffers from manic depression and anxiety, has visually interpreted the different stages of depression in a photo series called “Abstract Peaces”. The series aims to challenge the stigma around mental illness in the black community.
