Chairman of the Nigerian Psychological Association (NPA) in Benue State, Dr Iorlumun Shimakaa, has expressed concern that many Nigerians are not mentally stable.
Shimakaa made the remark at a two-day capacity building training on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support organised by the NPA in collaboration the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Benue State Ministry of Health and Human Service.
At the training in Makurdi, Benue capital, he said the situation is occasioned by the current challenges bedeviling the country.
The state NPA chairman said the development had become a source of worry for experts in the sector as he emphasised that without sound mental health no one would be able to realise his or her full potentials in any given field.
“We all agree that everybody in Benue state particularly and in Nigeria cannot boast of having a stable mental health because of the present challenges that have affected our mental health generally.”
“And we also agree that there cannot be good health without mental health. For that reason it has become imperative that we come together as partners to deepen our knowledge and improve the services we are delivering at our various platforms of intervention.
