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450 Million People Battle Mental Illness Worldwide (Reasons) by tundemania: 5:06pm On May 15, 2019
Recent research carried out by medical experts have revealed that a whopping 450 million people are currently battling one form of mental disorder or the other.

Expatiating on the details of the research at the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Dr. Lucky Onofa said one in every four people has mental illness globally.

He said while over 300 million persons suffer depression and over 110 million battle with alcohol and drug abuse, about 20 per cent of Nigerians suffer from mental disorders.

The don said mental illness could be observed when a person starts exhibiting certain behaviour, which later culminates in abnormalities, thereby affecting his or her thoughts, reasoning, emotions, behaviour and cognition.

Onofa, who is the head, Directorate of Community and Mental Health Services, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, said increasing rate of mental illness portray serious danger to any nation.

In his lecture entitled: “Promoting mental health awareness for a productive lifestyle,” Onofa expressed worry on the impacts of mental health on the people and the society.

He said mental illness, because of negative perception, usually has negative impacts on victims and those around them, adding that the victims were seen as strange and hard to understand.

Describing mental illness as a problem that affects all human beings, Onofa explained that the attention currently being given to it is due to the fact that it is becoming universal, common, increasing and a great burden on the society.

https://maniagist.com/2019/05/15/shocking-450-million-people-battle-mental-illness-worldwide/

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