Healthy Africans Platform, Research and Development, Ibadan, Nigeria.
West African Academy of Public Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
Int J Health Plann Manage. 2022 May;37(3):1191-1198. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3394. Epub 2021 Nov 25.
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.
新冠疫情已成为全球公共卫生的一大障碍。这场疾病导致人们对精神卫生机构的关注度降低,对医疗体系、传统和宗教信仰的信任度下降,对患有精神疾病的人群造成了广泛的污名化,在尼日利亚尤其如此。尼日利亚的新冠病例不断增加,使本已不堪重负的医疗体系更加无暇顾及精神障碍患者,从而加重了这些患者的病情。总的来说,本文重点强调了在尼日利亚,人们需要平等地获得医疗资源,以及需要对精神卫生患者给予适当的关注和护理。本文讨论了新冠疫情对精神疾病患者带来的挑战及其影响,并提出了必要的行动和建议。