Today we are talking about mental health and depression. We have a number of guests and following are some of their experiences #InTheMind
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Dr. Edward Nahim, Sierra Leone's sole psychiatrist says: "Psychiatry is not a popular branch of medicine anywhere in the world".
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He says "It's not lucrative in Sierra Leone, and patients are very poor, so the young medical students stay away from psychiatry"
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Dr. Nahim: "There are around 600 thousand patients in need of psychiatric help in Sierra Leone, but few seek medical help".
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Dr. Nahim: "Most of the patients seek treatment from traditional heals, "juju" healers or seek religious guidance"
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Dr. Nahim: "In Sierra Leone, we often see those suffering from bi-polar, schizophrenia, drug abuse and depression in men"
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Dr. Nahim: "In Sierra Leone, we also see a lot of people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD) from the war".
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Dr. Nahim: "We see that people living with depression, mental health often face exclusion, stigmatisation and discrimination"
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Something one of our guests, Nelson Ojo Anweli in
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Nelson: "I became depressed after losing my wife. Soon after I lost my job, and was also diagnosed with HIV". #InTheMind
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Nelson: "I went through a hard time. I couldn't sleep, my mood was low. I withdrew from friends and neighbours".
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Nelson: "At one time I wanted to commit suicide".
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