Tag: MENTAL HEALTH

Prince Harry visits wounded soldiers in Kaduna military hospital

Aminu Imam
Prince Harry in KD

The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, yesterday visited wounded and injured Nigerian soldiers at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna. Recall that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, visited Kaduna State on Friday, where they were welcomed by Governor Uba Sani, who gifted the Duke traditional Hausa attire and photo frames of the prince with his Late mother, Princess Diana, and another with his wife. The duo arrived in Nigeria to promote the Invictus Games, an initiative Prince Harry founded to support the rehabilitation…

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Prince Harry, Meghan visit Nigeria, campaigns for mental health

Aminu Imam
Prince Harry, Meghan

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, visited Nigeria yesterday, as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded military veterans. The couple arrived in the Nigerian capital, Abuja yesterday, where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students there. Greeted by a drum and dance group from the Igbo ethnic group, Prince Harry and Megan toured the Lightway Academy, where they were welcomed by pupils. Wearing a traditional Nigerian bead necklace around his neck, he told students,…

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‘More Nigerians suffering mental illness due to economic hardship, insecurity’ – Psychiatrist

Aminu Imam

A consultant Neuro-psychiatrist, Dr. Jimoh Adejumo, has said that economic hardship coupled with the level of insecurity in the country could trigger mental illness on more Nigerians. Adejumo, who works with the Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, disclosed this to newsmen yesterday, in Lagos.  He explained that the current economic hardship, coupled with the level of insecurity in the country might likely inflict mental illness on more Nigerians. He said these include inflation, poverty, child abuse, rape, broken homes and broken marriages, financial problems, traumatic experiences and degrees of violence among…

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Insecurity, economic downturn predisposing Nigerians to mental illness – Psychiatrists

Aminu Imam

More Nigerians are predisposed to mental illness due to kidnapping, banditry and fuel scarcity amidst the current economic hardship in the country, the Psychiatrists Association of Nigeria has said. President of the Association, Prof. Taiwo James Obindo, noted that stress is a major predisposing factor to mental illness, saying that if an individual finds it difficult to overcome the normal stresses of life then the person cannot be said to be mentally healthy. Quoting the World Health Organisation (WHO) data, Obindo said, “One out of four Nigerians is at risk…

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WHO supports treatment of 301 mental health patients in Borno

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

World Health Organisation (WHO) says it supported the treatment of 301 mental health patients and referred 12 others for further management in Borno from January to November 2020. Dr Henry Nwanja, the WHO Public Health Officer, Emergency Programme, North East, made this known in Maiduguri while handing over the Borno Psychiatric Hospital, rehabilitated by WHO to Borno Government. The the hospital was vandalised by insurgents in 2013. Nwanja said “ever since then, the hospital has been non-functional and totally dilapidated until 2019 when the government approached WHO to facilitate the…

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