Mental Health Care in Nigeria

Mental illness is any disease or condition that influences the way a person thinks, feels, behaves, and/or relates to others and to his or her surroundings. Although the symptoms of mental illness can range from mild to severe and are different depending on the type of mental illness, a person with an untreated mental illness often is unable to cope with life's daily routines and demands.
Mental illnesses can be put into two types - Psychoses and Neuroses.
Psychoses: symptoms are normally severe, so much so that the person actually looses touch with the real world. People are usually not alert to the fact they are ill or their behavior is unusual.
Neuroses: Symptoms are usually of less severity than psychoses, though they are disturbing for those involved. The person is still in touch with reality. They are aware of the fact they are ill and have some concerns over their health and their ill health
Mental illness can either be Chronic - Lasts for a long time or starts slowly. Acute - short in duration, severe and sudden.
List of mental disorders
• Dementia
• Depression
• Panic Disorder
• Social anxiety disorder
• Generalized anxiety disorder
• Agoraphobia
• Bipolar disorder
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Post-traumatic stress disorder.
• ADHD
• Parkinson's Disease
• Huntington disease
• Alzheimer's disease
• Schizophrenia
• Anorexia nervosa
• Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Autism
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Rett Syndrome
• Schizophrenia
• Bulimia nervosa
Causes of Mental Illness
Although the exact cause of most mental illnesses is not known, it is becoming clear through research that many of these conditions are caused by a combination of genetic, biological, psychological, and environmental factors -- not personal Weakness or a character defect -- and recovery from a mental illness is not simply a matter of will and self-discipline.
• Heredity (genetics): Many mental illnesses run in families, suggesting they may be