Oye Gureje

Oyewusi "Oye" Gureje NNOM is a Nigerian professor of psychiatry at the University of Ibadan, Director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, and one of the world's most highly cited researchers in psychiatry and psychology. Quotes We know that several things, including social and economic circumstances, affect individuals' mental health conditions anywhere in the world, including Nigeria. To that extent, situations like deepening inequality, banditry, civil turmoil and terrorism would have created a situation to make the mental health of Nigerians worse now than several years back. "Why Nigeria Has One of the Highest Reported Rates of Depression Among the Elderly – Prof Oye Gureje", interview by Sade Oguntola, Tribune Online, 16 October 2023 It is a finding showing that those with severe forms of anxiety and depression and substance abuse rarely get any treatment for their conditions. Other studies show that probably a higher proportion of those with psychosis get treatment, but mainly from traditional and faith healers, and that the treatment is often inappropriate and inhumane. "Fact-Checked: Al Jazeera's Claims About Nigeria's 'Mental Health Problem'", Africa Check, 19 November 2019 I attended primary school in Ilesa, at Methodist Primary School, but attended secondary school in Akure, (Ondo) at Aquinas College. I later attended the Federal School of Science in Lagos. "Nigeria Heading for Danger With Ongoing Brain Drain – Prof Gureje", interview by Alexander Okere, Punch, 9 October 2022 References External links Category:Nigerian psychiatrists Category:Academics from Nigeria