Community Psychiatry Care: An Urgent Need in Nigeria

Nigeria's mental health policy was formulated in 1991, but it did not make adequate provision for community-based psychiatric care. Since there are only seven government-owned psychiatry facilities in Nigeria and these are always overwhelmed, there is the need to overhaul the existing policy an...

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Published in:Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare 2021-01, Vol.14, p.1145-1148
Main Authors: Soroye, Modupeoluwa Omotunde, Oleribe, Obinna O, Taylor-Robinson, Simon D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
community psychiatry
depression
Education
Families & family life
Health care policy
Health care reform
Health facilities
Health services
Medical personnel
Medical policy
Mental depression
Mental disorders
mental health
Mental health care
Mental illness
Mentally ill
nigeria
Nurses
Pharmacists
Psychiatric services
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Psychologists
Public health
Schizophrenia
Social workers
Stigma
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Summary:Nigeria's mental health policy was formulated in 1991, but it did not make adequate provision for community-based psychiatric care. Since there are only seven government-owned psychiatry facilities in Nigeria and these are always overwhelmed, there is the need to overhaul the existing policy and emphasise the urgency of a shift from inpatient psychiatric mental healthcare towards a community-based multidisciplinary psychiatric healthcare system.
ISSN:1178-2390
1178-2390
DOI:10.2147/JMDH.S309517