Oye Gureje

“I attended primary school in Ilesa, at Methodist Primary School, but attended secondary school in Akure, (Ondo) at Aquinas College. I later attended the Federal School of Science in Lagos.”

“It is a finding showing that those with severe forms of anxiety and depression and substance abuse rarely get any treatment for their conditions. Other studies show that probably a higher proportion of those with psychosis get treatment, but mainly from traditional and faith healers, and that the treatment is often inappropriate and inhumane.”

“We know that several things, including social and economic circumstances, affect individuals' mental health conditions anywhere in the world, including Nigeria. To that extent, situations like deepening inequality, banditry, civil turmoil and terrorism would have created a situation to make the mental health of Nigerians worse now than several years back.”