mental health in nigeria

  • Silhouette of a person at a computer, surrounded by words like stress, anxiety, and burnout.
    Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye, Sabiqah Bello

    Understanding the Mental Health of Nigerian Workers

    Let’s build an avatar for the Nigerian worker. We’ll call her Zuri. She’s 23, works in banking, and, like countless others, feels the heavy strain of her job on her mental health. Each day, she walks into her office with a knot of anxiety, knowing that her workplace offers little in terms of mental health […]

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  • Saduwo Banyawa

    The Ignored Mental Health Crisis Among Men And Why It’s Dangerous

    As a child growing up in Adamawa state, North East Nigeria, Jeremiah Garvin* was sexually assaulted many times. He hung out with older boys in his village. One of them, whom he was fond of, then started taking him to the stream and farm, where he raped him. He was only about seven years old. […]

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