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The Nigeria's mental health legislation was tagged lunacy ordinance and was first passed in 1916. It was amended in 1958 to grants medical practitioners and magistrates the authority to detain anyone suffering from mental illness, it was renamed the lunacy Act of 1958. [9] Nigeria's mental health policy was first formulated in 1991.
For every 100,000 people in Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization, there are 9.5 suicides. [4] Suicide is a crime in Nigeria, according to Section 327 of the Criminal Code Act, punishable by one year in prison. Section 326 of the same Criminal Code states that a person will be charged with a felony or liable to life imprisonment ...
The most recent data available from the CDC indicate about 78% of children ages 12-17 with mental health problems received some form of mental health treatment in 2019. That means that roughly 1 ...
Highlighting the pivotal role of adolescence and young adulthood, the National Alliance on Mental Illness reports that 75 percent of mental health disorders commence by age 24, emphasizing the urgency of addressing youth mental health challenges. [2] [3] Depression also tends to run in families. [4]
However, these are widely believed to be underestimates, due to poor diagnosis (especially in countries without affordable access to mental health services) and low reporting rates, in part because of the predominant use of self-report data, rather than semi-structured instruments such as the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID ...
The following are lists of countries by estimated suicide rates as published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other sources. [note 1]In many countries, suicide rates are underreported due to social stigma, cultural or legal concerns. [3]
Veteran journalist Abigail Shrier breaks down the causes -- and impacts -- of the mental health crisis currently impacting America's young people. Nora, 16, is a fairly typical teenager. A...
Mental illness is present at the time of suicide 27% to more than 90% of the time. [101] [19] [102] [103] Of those who have been hospitalized for suicidal behavior, the lifetime risk of suicide is 8.6%. [19] [104] Comparatively, non-suicidal people hospitalized for affective disorders have a 4% lifetime risk of suicide. [104]