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Mental illness in the medical profession: Nigeria in the world

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. O. Ogunlesi  and
E. O. Akande
A. O. Ogunlesi
Affiliation:
Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital & WHO Collaborating Centre for Research & Training in Mental Health, P.M.B. 2002, Abeokuta, Nigeria
E. O. Akande
Affiliation:
Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital & WHO Collaborating Centre for Research & Training in Mental Health, P.M.B. 2002, Abeokuta, Nigeria
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It is widely acknowledged that the medical profession can be highly stressful. In addition, practitioners in many developing countries face the peculiar problems of poor remuneration, lack of necessary clinical facilities and a heavy clinical case load (due to the lack of qualified manpower). Such a scenario can easily aggravate those medical practitioners with pre-existing deeply rooted emotional conflicts as well as personality vulnerabilities and can result in mental decompensation.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 8 , August 1992 , pp. 502 - 503
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

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