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[00:00:43] Thank you for staying with us on channels television, a warm welcome to health
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[00:00:48] of am your me Otaigbe, as we continue to shine a
[00:00:52] light issues that affect our health and wellbeing. Today
[00:00:56] we turn our attention to an important topic that is
[00:01:00] more conversation, understanding and compassion.
[00:01:04] I'm talking about mental health awareness. Mental health is an
[00:01:08] essential part of our overall well-being, yet is often
[00:01:12] overlooked, misunderstood or surrounded by stigma.
[00:01:16] From stress and anxiety to depression and other mental
[00:01:20] health challenges. These issues can affect anyone
[00:01:24] regardless of age, background or social
[00:01:27] status. So, how can we? recognize the science that an
[00:01:31] individual's mental health is facing some challenges, how
[00:01:35] can those who are struggling with one form of mental health
[00:01:39] challenge or another get support? stay with us as we
[00:01:43] share practical ways we can all take better care of our
[00:01:47] mental health. that'l be after this short break. do stay with
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[00:04:56] Joining me now in the studio to shed more light on mental. Health
[00:05:00] Awareness is a consultant psychiatrist with over
[00:05:04] 10 years of clinical practice in the diagnosis
[00:05:07] management and treatment of mental health disorders at the
[00:05:11] federal neuropsychiatry. hospital Yaba Lagus Dr.
[00:05:14] Yetundela, thank you for joining us, good to see you, thank you very much
[00:05:18] for having me, thank you, so
[00:05:21] um, the WHO has described mental
[00:05:25] health as um a state of
[00:05:28] wellbeing that enables people to cope with stresses
[00:05:32] of life, um, realize their abilities, learn
[00:05:36] well, work well, contribute to their community, and um,
[00:05:40] at what point will you say and an individual would lose some of
[00:05:44] this abilities to to carry out this
[00:05:48] um activities. thank you very much once again for having
[00:05:51] me. mental health is an essential part of human life and
[00:05:55] well being. mental health influences how we
[00:05:59] think, how we feel, how we behave and
[00:06:03] also how we manage stress and conditions.
[00:06:07] mental health also influences how we cope with challenges
[00:06:10] and also how we respond. to every demands
[00:06:14] of everyday life. now mental health is much
[00:06:17] broader than stress and
[00:06:20] depression. it includes emotional
[00:06:23] stability, it includes psychological
[00:06:26] resilience, it includes
[00:06:29] self-esteem and also the ability to cop with change,
[00:06:33] especially real changes that we see in our everyday life
[00:06:36] and also the capacity to participate
[00:06:39] meaningfully in the family. at
[00:06:42] workplace in every society and also in the
[00:06:46] community, so I will say that mental health refers
[00:06:49] to emotional wellbeing, psychological wellbeing and
[00:06:53] social wellbeing,
[00:06:55] so it encompasses lot, it encompasses lot, so all of that will
[00:06:59] come together to say, okay, this person's mental health is
[00:07:02] optimum or there are challenges, so I was
[00:07:05] asking at what point will an
[00:07:09] individual lose this ability to... is it a
[00:07:13] gradual thing? is it something that can just
[00:07:15] you know come suddenly? yes, I would say
[00:07:19] that um mental health for an individual to develop mental
[00:07:23] health conditions is mainly gradual, though some
[00:07:27] mental health conditions can also be developed suddenly, so
[00:07:31] once there is a loss of contact with reality, either
[00:07:34] through a change in the behavior, a change in how the
[00:07:38] person think, a change in how the person feel or relates.
[00:07:42] with others, because relationship is very important when we talk of mental
[00:07:46] health, once there's a change any aspect of this
[00:07:50] life
[00:07:50] and it occurs gradually, it can also occur suddenly, once you
[00:07:54] have a change any these aspects then such a person is
[00:07:58] said to have lost um contact with reality,
[00:08:02] and contact with reality can differ right
[00:08:06] from person to person, um now let's talk about
[00:08:10] those things that can trigger. mental health
[00:08:13] conditions, then we can talk about the different ones
[00:08:17] that
[00:08:17] you know are common in our society. All right, triggers
[00:08:21] for mental health conditions vary from one person to
[00:08:24] another, it also varies from more mental health condition
[00:08:28] to another mental health condition. triggers for mental
[00:08:32] illness include conditions like once there's
[00:08:36] emotional instability, it can triggers
[00:08:40] emotional difficulties can trigger. mental health conditions also
[00:08:44] once there is family conflict or marital
[00:08:47] conflict can also triggers mental health condition and
[00:08:51] make an individual to come down with mental health conditions then
[00:08:55] once there's a loss of job or
[00:08:58] unemployment can also triggers mental health
[00:09:02] conditions then we have financial difficulties such as an
[00:09:06] individual index and all these can triggers
[00:09:09] mental health conditions then substance use use
[00:09:13] of substance such as other drugs like alcohol, like
[00:09:17] cannabis, smoking, tobacco, stimulants, the
[00:09:21] use of substance can also trigger mental health
[00:09:24] conditions, then we have um bereavement or loss
[00:09:28] of significant orders, it can be loss of a
[00:09:32] parents, love of loss of a spouse, loss of a
[00:09:36] child, once there is bereevement or loss of any these
[00:09:40] significant orders, it can trigger, mental health
[00:09:43] conditions, then we have abuse, it can be physical
[00:09:47] abuse, emotional abuse, sexual
[00:09:51] habils, financial habils, all these can also
[00:09:54] trigger mental health conditions, then once we have
[00:09:58] a previous history of mental illness can also
[00:10:02] trigger, based on the environmental factor can trigger
[00:10:06] mental health conditions, so all these factors is
[00:10:10] multifactorial, a combination of... factors that can
[00:10:13] trigger mental health condition and not a single
[00:10:17] factor and one of
[00:10:19] it is the standing out is you know financial
[00:10:22] difficulties. um,
[00:10:25] if you go from here to here, you find one person or the
[00:10:29] other, complaining about you, things are not going
[00:10:32] well, but yes, the some
[00:10:36] of this triggers that you mentioned is what, for
[00:10:40] instance, individual a will go through it and will be
[00:10:44] fine at the end the day and would not come down with any form
[00:10:47] of um mental health condition,
[00:10:51] but individual b can go through the same
[00:10:55] um kind of situation and
[00:10:58] you know we not be able to put it together, so is there any
[00:11:01] genetic um issues that can also predispose
[00:11:05] an individual to that? yes, there's also
[00:11:09] genetic issues that can predispose an individual to
[00:11:13] come down with mental health conditions. um, the best way to
[00:11:17] understand this is through the biological,
[00:11:21] psychological and social model. biological...
[00:11:25] models refers to the body, the
[00:11:28] brain, some inherited characteristics and some
[00:11:32] physical health, for example, the there's
[00:11:36] genetic vulnerability, that is, it runs in the
[00:11:39] family, some mental health conditions runs in the family
[00:11:43] and that can make any member of that family to come down
[00:11:47] with mental health condition, for example, mental health conditions like
[00:11:51] bipolar affective disorder has very high (
[00:11:55] irritability genetic factor, so an
[00:11:58] individual that has family member with bipolar
[00:12:02] affective disorder that runs in the family, any member of
[00:12:06] that family can also come down with mental health
[00:12:10] conditions like bipolar affective disorder. so there is genetic
[00:12:14] vulnerability which are mainly biological factors. we also have
[00:12:18] psychological factors, not only biological factors.
[00:12:21] psychological factors relates to events.
[00:12:25] emotional events that can make an individual to come down
[00:12:29] with um mental health conditions and it include childhood
[00:12:33] trauma such as physical abuse,
[00:12:36] mental abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual
[00:12:40] abuse, even child neglects can make such a
[00:12:44] child to come down with mental health condition, it also
[00:12:47] includes emotional difficulties, emotional distress
[00:12:51] and include emotional distress
[00:12:54] all these ological factors can make an individual to come down
[00:12:58] with mental health condition, there we also have social factors
[00:13:01] in the social model, social factors like use of
[00:13:04] substance, poverty, as you mentioned, use of
[00:13:07] substance can make an individual to come down with mental
[00:13:11] health condition, then we have poverty or financial
[00:13:15] difficulties, then we have um other social factors
[00:13:19] like substance use, poverty, job loss and all these
[00:13:23] can make an individual to come down with. you mentioned
[00:13:26] bipolar um is one the mental health
[00:13:29] conditions um but the WHO mentioned also that
[00:13:33] anxiety disorder is about the commonest mental health
[00:13:37] challenge that people face over 400 million people globally are
[00:13:41] facing that let's talk about anxiety anxiety
[00:13:45] disorders like other mental health condition just like you rightly
[00:13:49] said according to the World Health Organization is the most
[00:13:53] common mental health challenges. that people face.
[00:13:56] anxiety disorders is very common,
[00:14:00] especially in our environment and other developing
[00:14:04] developing environment countries. now anxiety disorder
[00:14:07] relates to difficulty in
[00:14:11] having undew fair, excessive worry
[00:14:14] and so many things that can lead to anxiety disorders
[00:14:18] and early recognition of this science
[00:14:22] in individuals that has anxiety disorder is very important. and
[00:14:25] early intervention is also very important for people that
[00:14:29] come down with mental health conditions like anxiety disorders
[00:14:33] early intervention is key um
[00:14:36] and on du fear
[00:14:40] um is this something that one can
[00:14:42] control its own or it must
[00:14:46] be um there must be an intervention medical intervention for
[00:14:50] it um environmental factors we
[00:14:53] determine whether an individual will come down with symptoms of
[00:14:57] anxiety disorders or not, and some these symptoms for
[00:15:01] anxiety disorder, as I've mentioned earlier is undu fair,
[00:15:05] excessive worry, changed or tramos the
[00:15:08] hand and um so many symptoms that this
[00:15:11] individual can experience. now on due fair, such
[00:15:15] an individual that is having such distress or experiencing
[00:15:19] ondew fair don't have control over undel fair, they
[00:15:23] just realize that it comes so... and they notice the
[00:15:27] change in the their behavior, there's change in the way
[00:15:31] they think, there's change in the way they feel and they
[00:15:34] change in the way they relates with people, they start. started checking for
[00:15:38] things, they started be um isolating themselves, they want
[00:15:42] to be on their own, the fear is everywhere, they are afraid
[00:15:46] of going out in public, they are afraid in speaking in
[00:15:49] public, they are afraid of so many things and some these signs you're mentioning,
[00:15:53] people would just um may not be able to know that oh this particular
[00:15:57] person is going through some uh you know mental health
[00:16:01] uh challenge and it just may feel oh it's just like this or
[00:16:05] it's just like that so it's okay for all of us to also
[00:16:09] know some of this signs and be able to learn a helping
[00:16:13] hand in some ways. yes, it's very okay for us
[00:16:17] to have an idea of all this signs and also
[00:16:20] once you notice this any change in
[00:16:24] behavior anyone around you or any change in the way the
[00:16:28] person feel, any change in the way the person think or even
[00:16:31] relate or cope with challenges, then
[00:16:35] such person will need... help: early
[00:16:38] recognition, as I said, is very important and early
[00:16:42] intervention is also very important for people with this, let me
[00:16:45] quickly remind our viewers that you can also join us in this conversation,
[00:16:49] if you have questions, if you have comments, you can call
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[00:16:55] 054-2233 uh the
[00:16:58] number uh on on your screen,
[00:17:01] um, suicide is another
[00:17:05] common mental health challenge. Let's talk about
[00:17:09] that, what can prompt, yes you mention
[00:17:12] um all sorts of
[00:17:15] you know triggers, how do we recognize that somebody
[00:17:19] can or maybe suicidal and how do we help such
[00:17:23] person? Suicide is very common mental
[00:17:27] health conditions, it refers to an individual killing
[00:17:31] or making attempts to kill himself or herself.
[00:17:34] Suicide is very common, especially. in our
[00:17:38] environment and is a public health concerns now
[00:17:41] individuals that have the attempts to
[00:17:45] kill themself or they plan to kill
[00:17:49] themselves that is suicide we will know because you will
[00:17:52] notice there will be change in the way the person relates with
[00:17:56] people there will be change in the way the person feel there will be
[00:18:00] change in the way the person think and there will be change even in the
[00:18:04] way the person cope with stress. at
[00:18:08] work, in the family, stress either at school or
[00:18:11] even stress in the community. so once we notice all
[00:18:15] this, then we know that that individual is likely or
[00:18:18] planning to attempt suicide. for individual that are planning to
[00:18:22] attempt suicide,
[00:18:24] it is very important that we recognize them very
[00:18:27] early and also advise them to seek for
[00:18:31] intervention or treatment at mental health
[00:18:34] hospitals, mental health facilities, because is very
[00:18:38] important for before they eventually
[00:18:41] complete the action of suicide, very important,
[00:18:45] so um, stigma is a big issue because part
[00:18:49] the reasons why some people would not seek help is because they would
[00:18:53] think, oh once I say I'm feeling this way, this oh,
[00:18:57] this person has gone you
[00:18:58] know mad, and they don't want
[00:19:02] to seek help, so let's talk everyone
[00:19:06] listening right now uh Mental health is
[00:19:09] not um what we should use to stigmatize others
[00:19:13] and the exact places that people can seek
[00:19:17] help. All right, so mental health is an essential
[00:19:21] part of our human health and our well being just like we have
[00:19:24] said and um mental health is very important just like
[00:19:28] our physical health and our social well-being, our social
[00:19:32] relationship with people. So for individuals that
[00:19:35] have conditions mental. health conditions, it is important
[00:19:39] that they seek for help, and they can seek for help from
[00:19:43] any the mental health facilities. In our country,
[00:19:47] Nigeria, there are currently about 10
[00:19:50] federal government institutions that specialized in
[00:19:54] taking care of individuals with mental health conditions.
[00:19:58] Initially we have seven, but this current government is
[00:20:01] contributing significantly to mental health conditions,
[00:20:05] and now we have 10. federal government institutions
[00:20:09] that specialize taking care of individuals with mental health conditions,
[00:20:13] so for people with mental health conditions, i will encourage them
[00:20:17] to seek for help early at appropriate place
[00:20:21] that is where they will have access to mental health
[00:20:24] services to help to manage their conditions, so they could go
[00:20:28] to any the neuropsychiatric hospitals, i
[00:20:31] understand that the turn is an improvement, but for
[00:20:35] instance if anyone is
[00:20:41] We could at least go first to a general practitioner
[00:20:45] to talk to them then you can get referals right?
[00:20:49] Yes, yes, yes. Okay, we have lot of um general
[00:20:52] hospitals almost in every state in this country,
[00:20:56] Nigeria, so individuals that come down with mental health
[00:20:59] conditions, mental hellness, can go first to
[00:21:03] their primary health centers around them or any the general
[00:21:07] hospitals and once they present there, the doctors will
[00:21:11] definitely refer them to the appropriate federal
[00:21:14] government institutions that will manage help to manage such
[00:21:18] condition so for. individuals with mental health conditions, they can
[00:21:22] present, they can seek for help, for help any the
[00:21:26] primary health centers around them, in their local government or general
[00:21:30] hospitals in their states, so these federal governments
[00:21:33] institutions, as I said, we have 10 currently, though we are
[00:21:37] supposed to have at least one in every state to catter for
[00:21:41] all individuals with mental health conditions, and I'm sure government is
[00:21:44] going to make lot of contributions concerning that. Okay, so
[00:21:48] while we are at that, Why do we need not to stigmatize
[00:21:52] people who have mental health conditions? um,
[00:21:55] stigma and discrimination for people with mental health
[00:21:59] conditions has been a lot of discussion, long
[00:22:03] discussion in our environment. It is important
[00:22:07] that we must not stigmatize these individuals with mental health
[00:22:11] conditions, and one way the government has help to contribute to
[00:22:15] this is to release policies that will guide
[00:22:19] and help these individuals with mental health conditions. the
[00:22:22] government just released national mental health act in January
[00:22:26] 2023 and this policy is include
[00:22:30] guidelines to help to protect these individuals with
[00:22:33] mental health conditions and also reduce stigma and
[00:22:37] discrimination as much as possible. so to the general public
[00:22:41] is important that we must reduce stigma. you must reduce
[00:22:45] discrimination, talking having negative thoughts or
[00:22:48] negative talk about these individuals, because it's not going
[00:22:52] to help them to seek for help, it will not help them to for
[00:22:56] early recognition and also seek for help at the appropriate
[00:23:00] center. thank you so much, thank you indeed for your time today on
[00:23:04] the program, we've been having a chat with a consultant
[00:23:07] psychiatrist dr. yetunde animola, thank you, thank
[00:23:11] you for having me. okay, we take moment now to quickly see what
[00:23:15] we have for you on our new
[00:23:16] segment.
[00:23:29] As part of efforts to expand access to specialized healthcare
[00:23:33] Nigeria, the federal government has commissioned new oncology and
[00:23:37] diagnostic center at the Abubakar Taffa Below University, teaching
[00:23:41] hospital in Bochi State. At
[00:23:43] the event, the coordinating Minister of Health and social welfare, professor Muhammad
[00:23:47] Pate, commissioned the facility, country spend
[00:23:50] significant resources on outbound medical treatment, and as such the
[00:23:54] government is investing in healthcare infrastructure to improve access to
[00:23:58] treatment and reduce the number of Nigerians seeking medical care
[00:24:01] abroad. The center is part of a wider program involving
[00:24:05] 10 diagnostic centers and six oncology centers been developed
[00:24:09] across Nigeria. One the largest expansion of
[00:24:13] health infrastructure and equipment and services in the history of this
[00:24:17] country. This partnership. what we are
[00:24:21] witnessing with meds is just one
[00:24:24] aspect of commissioning 10 world class diagnostic
[00:24:28] centers complementing the six
[00:24:32] oncology centers that we had planned to
[00:24:35] build, of course three them have been completed in benin,
[00:24:38] casina and inugu, three are outstanding
[00:24:42] which we are working on, beyond that six
[00:24:46] quatenary hospitals in the pipeline, one in
[00:24:50] geopolitical zone on the foreign scene, the Democratic
[00:24:54] Republic of Congo is recording some success in its fight against
[00:24:58] ebola disease, as some survivors including frontline
[00:25:01] healthcare workers have walked free from a treatment
[00:25:05] center in Benny, eastern
[00:25:07] region. The patients
[00:25:11] are celebrating the recovery as the country battles deadly
[00:25:14] outbreak. According to local media, 13
[00:25:18] ebola patients with discharge from the Benny Treatment
[00:25:21] Center. Meanwhile, the Red Cross is
[00:25:25] calling for more international funding to fight Ebola in
[00:25:29] the DRC and neighboring countries, urging strict
[00:25:32] prevention measures to stop the virus from spreading across
[00:25:36] borders. The humanitarian body is working with the Kenyan
[00:25:39] government to put the necessary measures in place very
[00:25:43] quickly, after the governments confirmed the first Ebola case involving a
[00:25:47] Kenyan national who traveled from the DRC. through Uganda to
[00:25:51] Nairobi, where he later
[00:25:53] died. Finally, in order
[00:25:57] to reduce maternal debts globally, the WHO and its
[00:26:00] partners have launched the new road map. to tackle hypertensive disorders
[00:26:04] in pregnancy, the condition which affects an estimate of 10 to
[00:26:08] 15% of pregnancies worldwide, contributes to about
[00:26:11] 16% of maternal deaths each year. the road map covering
[00:26:15] 2026 to 2035 and beyond focuses on
[00:26:19] improving access to blood pressure checks, diagnostic tests and
[00:26:23] essential medicines while strengthening anti-natal and
[00:26:27] emergency ofsteric care. it also seeks to address
[00:26:30] gaps in trained health workers. and referal systems,
[00:26:34] particularly in countries where access to basic maternal health care remains
[00:26:38] limited. research and innovation are another key part the
[00:26:41] plan, with more than 140 partners identifying 20
[00:26:45] priority areas for further study into the prediction,
[00:26:49] early detection and treatment these conditions. the
[00:26:52] initiative comes amit concerns over limited investments in
[00:26:56] medicine specifically developed to prevent or treat
[00:27:00] pre-eclampsia and eclampsia.
[00:27:10] As we wrap up health matters, remember to take care of your
[00:27:14] mind, be gentle with yourself and checking on the
[00:27:17] people you love. Thank you for watching, I am your
[00:27:21] me, I'll see you next
[00:27:23] time.