The World Health Organization, WHO has continuously stressed that mental health, is everyone's business for the past three years through the World Mental Health Day themes.
The World Health Organization, WHO has continuously stressed that mental health, is everyone’s business for the past three years through the World Mental Health Day themes. The WHO in 2021 highlighted the need to address the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on people’s mental health with the theme “Mental health care for all: let’s make it a reality” and charged governments from all around the globe with expanding high-quality mental health services at all levels.
Good Health Weekly spoke with Dr Olufemi Oluwatayo, a Consultant Psychiatrist and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.In Nigeria, he is also the Chief Executive Officer, of the Retreat Healthcare, Ikorodu, Lagos Funding is still key to improving mental health services as the level of funding committed to mental health by all levels of government are grossly inadequate. We need funding to provide general mental health services and specialist teams, for example to manage people using illicit drugs. The funding does not have to come from government alone but from multinational organisations, NGOs and the private sector.
As we mark World Mental Day 2023, it is a good opportunity for governments to restate their commitments and give more attention to mental health.Lack of knowledge and understanding of the nature and causes of mental disorders continue to fuel ignorance and superstitions as such people with mental disorders are stigmatised discriminated against and abused in our society almost on a daily basis. We all have a responsibility to reverse this trend.
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