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In a recent interview with News Agency of Nigeria, A Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Femi Olugbile, on Wednesday said disclose that 20 per cent of Nigerians are prone to mental disorder. Dr Olugbile was a former Chief Medical Director, Lagos State University Teaching Hospial, Ikeja.
“At least 20 per cent of the population will at some time in their lives experience at least one episode of mental disorder,” he said.
According to him, it can also be due to high rate of poverty, lack of social welfare and high rate of endemic infectious diseases.