, Aro , Abeokuta at the weekend regretted that most hospitals do not have enough medical personnel to manage mental health and therefore early detection of mental illness is almost impossible in the country.
Balogun who described mental health as emotional, psychological, and social well-being, said the assessment of mental health care is a fundamental human right for all citizens which the government needs to make available to all. “The brain drain and the exodus of medical practitioners are affecting mental health care delivery and psychiatric hospitals that are now lacking psychiatric Doctors, Nurses, and Social Workers.
“Isolation, stigmatization, and discrimination further cause more harm to the patient. The society needs to be well educated in mental health issues so that people can come out to seek for health. “Children and teenagers also need to be monitored, according to the doctor, and not just waved off that they have no emotions that can’t lead to mental illness. Inability to sleep, loss of appetite, weight loss, excessive sadness or moodiness, and self-isolation can be a cause for alarm or could be a cause for investigation as to someone’s mental state”.
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