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People living with mental disorder in Nigeria amidst COVID‐19: Challenges, implications, and recommendations

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  • Abdullahi Tunde Aborode
  • Anna Chiara Corriero
  • Qasim Mehmood
  • Arisha Nawaz
  • Aayush
  • Prashant Upadhyay
  • Rawa Badri
  • Mohammad Mehedi Hasan

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COVID‐19 has become a global public health obstacle. This disease has caused negligence on mental health institutions, decreased trust in the healthcare system and traditional and religious beliefs, and has created a widespread stigma on people living with mental health illness, specifically in Nigeria. The increase of COVID‐19 cases that have exhausted the healthcare system in Nigeria have brought further negligence to people living with mental disorder, thus increasing the burden of the disease on these patients. Overall, this article considerably highlighted the need for equal accessibility to healthcare resources, as well as the requirement of proper attention and care for mental health patients in Nigeria. This article discusses the challenges that surfaced because of the COVID‐19 pandemic on people living with mental illness and their implications, as well as suggesting necessary actions and recommendations.

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  • Abdullahi Tunde Aborode & Anna Chiara Corriero & Qasim Mehmood & Arisha Nawaz & Aayush & Prashant Upadhyay & Rawa Badri & Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, 2022. "People living with mental disorder in Nigeria amidst COVID‐19: Challenges, implications, and recommendations," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(3), pages 1191-1198, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:37:y:2022:i:3:p:1191-1198
    DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3394
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