Mental illness
We need to stop them before they go further So here’s the latest on Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC Nigeria) and their poorly thought out and potentially harmful plan for motorists, which I’m going to try to show as dangerous and worthy to be scrapped post-haste.
Christianity
(Except we can agree malaria and measles are, too.) On October 30, 2016, a prominent and otherwise widely respected Nigerian pastor tweeted: “The root cause of mental illness is Sin (Rom 6:23) and the foundational solution to mental health is Salvation.” Let’s just say the tweet ended up
Suicide
#2. We know suicide happens, but we “know” it doesn’t happen among Nigerians (or blacks, or people of our faith, or whatever group we belong to that we consider “different”). I still had to explain this to 2 fellow doctors as recently as yesterday. I kid you not. Doctors
Media appearances
Ms Kabangu: Okay. I shall go straight into it if that's okay? Doc Ayomide: Yes it is. Ms Kabangu: Firstly, the notion of mental health — is it a Western concept? Doc Ayomide: No it's not. Traditional African cultures recognised mental illness long before the whites came.
Healthcare
AIG orders mental tests on Lagos policemen. (I actually was late to the party as it had been announced since mid-August and I only happened on it by the end of the month.) But you know when you see something that leaves you uncertain whether to laugh or to cry?
Mental illness
“Mental Health: The Missing Piece in Maternal Health.” It's a blog series co-hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force and the Mental Health Innovation Network at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, as well as Dr. Jane Fisher of Monash University. Find the original article on
Mental illness
"I really don't think that's funny," I said. "But it is! I mean, really, just look at him," he countered. "OK," I said, "Assuming he had a huge sore across his face, or he had cancer or HIV or