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“In Igbo Land, it is important that everyone sees that you are pregnant when you are pregnant. Start with the Igwe’s wife for example. Everybody is supposed to see her pregnant. They will celebrate it and even assign people to help her as her baby grows. Apart from this, traditionally, it is improper to have another woman bear the heir to the throne. That’s infidelity. Most children born that way are exempted. The bottom line is that there has to be a seen proof of pregnancy.

Mental awareness simply entails bringing to public notice as well as educating the masses about mental illnesses.

Dementia affects memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language, and judgment. This disease has no …

In addition, government should fund mental health research as this would create opportunities to study causes of, treatments for, and recovery from mental health disorders that might not otherwise be available.

Mental illnesses are not uncommon in Nigeria; the cases of suicides reported over time shows the degree of occurrence in our society. Nigeria, a society with many cultural beliefs have misconception and misbeliefs about mental illness