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If the US Lacks Resources, What Does Mental Health Care in Nigeria Look Like?
In the article there’s even a story of a man who was chained up in a room with no windows for 30 years, who suffered from psychosis. Which is terrible.
But, isn’t this just the same stigma we have here too? Is it any “better” that we have people living on the streets or in prison when they suffer from psychosis or delusions? Aren’t we just locking them away in a different way, because we understand that we don’t actually have any way to help them, so we just want to ignore the issue?
In Nigeria, there is less than one psychiatrist per 100,000 people. 0.15, in fact. There is no rational way that someone suffering with psychosis in Nigeria is going to get professional help with those kinds of numbers, yet rather than coming together to support the families involved, they feel so much shame about having a “sick” family member that they try and hide them away for years, or completely abandon them to the streets.
Link – Why We Should Be Having More Meaningful Conversations
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Sharing – Resiliency: Strong & Broken At The Same Time
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When the truth is so much more complicated than all of that.
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Link – Get back up, dust yourself off, and keep going!
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