Tag: mental illness
There’s link between body modifications and mental illness
Cosmetic surgeries and body modifications may give instantaneous uplifting but after a little while, you'll be looking for the next…
Study: 20% of COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days
A study published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal has indicated that 20 per cent of COVID-19 survivors are likely to…
Mental illness: NMA seeks free treatment for patients
President of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Francis Faduyile, wants free treatment for mental related illness.
Half of mental health disorders start at adolescence – WHO
Half of all mental illnesses begin at the adolescent age – before the age of 14 – but most cases…
Mental illness: Housewife quits 5-year old marriage
An Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan, on Friday, dissolved a five-year old marriage between Victoria Akinyemi and her mentally ill…
Consultant wants NGOs to educate public on mental illness
Dr George Eze, a consultant at the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) Neuropsychiatric Department, has challenged NGOs and faith-based…
Artistes to improve knowledge of mental illness
A film producer, Tunde Kilani, says that artistes have the responsibility to learn more about mental illness in order to…
Mental Illness As A Time Bomb
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The World Mental Health Day is set aside every 10th of October, by the World Health Organisation…