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Provision of mental health services in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Olufemi Olugbile ,
M. P. Zachariah ,
O. Coker ,
O. Kuyinu  and
B. Isichei
Olufemi Olugbile
Affiliation:
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, email femi_olugbile@yahoo.com
M. P. Zachariah
Affiliation:
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, email femi_olugbile@yahoo.com
O. Coker
Affiliation:
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, email femi_olugbile@yahoo.com
O. Kuyinu
Affiliation:
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, email femi_olugbile@yahoo.com
B. Isichei
Affiliation:
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, email femi_olugbile@yahoo.com
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Abstract

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Nigeria, like other African countries, is short of personnel trained in mental healthcare. Efforts to tackle the problem have often focused on increasing the numbers of psychiatrists and nurses in the field. These efforts, over the past 20 years, have not appeared to have greatly improved service delivery at the grass roots. Most of the specialist centres where such highly trained personnel work are in urban areas and for a large part of the population access to them is limited by distance and cost.

Type
Thematic Papers — Mental Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
Information
International Psychiatry , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 32 - 34
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2008

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