The Abia State Home of Meeting has joined within the advocacy for correct take care of psychological well being challenges within the state with a view to creating the appropriate consciousness of its causes and proffering options to the victims.
The chairman of the Home Committee on Well being, Hon. Emeka Obioma, disclosed this whereas talking with journalists shortly after a presentation of a survey report on psychological well being advocacy.
The examine, tagged ‘A Banstop Forestall,’ was performed by a gaggle generally known as Stroll 347 together with NAS Magna Carta, with the intent to eradicate dangerous practices in psychological well being care by altering attitudes and interesting healers in Ubakala Umuahia South Native Authorities Space.
Obioma disclosed that the Home Committee on Well being is working assiduously to create consciousness among the many youths who’re majorly the victims of psychological well being issues on account of poor choices they typically make.
He revealed that the notice covers seminars for secondary faculty college students to teach them on the hazards related to substance abuse, which has been recognized as the foundation reason for most psychological well being sicknesses.
He counseled the teams that performed the examine and guaranteed them that the state authorities could be prepared to work with them in its resolve to safe the way forward for Abia youths by way of common enlightenment on the causes of psychological illnesses.
He stated, “The state Meeting is totally conscious of this programme and its significance. Within the Home Committee on Well being, we’ve the Deputy Speaker, the Majority Chief and the Chief Whip of the Home, and it’s virtually just like the management of the Home in a single committee. It provides the committee the chance to push for no matter it intends to realize.
“I’ve spoken with my brothers, who performed the survey. We’re evaluating notes. To start with, the thought is for our committee to carry a movement to the ground of the Home to create consciousness about psychological well being within the state. We may even think about making legal guidelines that might take care of and shield these affected by psychological sickness towards dangerous practices like chaining, flogging and confinement.
“Loads of reconstruction is already taking place in a few of our well being establishments, and one of many services that shall be put in place is the place folks can come to hunt assist for psychological points.
“Some folks could also be having psychological challenges with out understanding. For example, when somebody’s output at work is decreasing, it’s sufficient motive for them to hunt assist from a psychologist.
“Chaining mentally ailing folks should cease. There needs to be consciousness so that folks can take these with psychological challenges to acceptable quarters for assist.
“We’re additionally organizing a workshop in Aba subsequent weekend in some chosen colleges with the Nationwide Medicine Regulation Enforcement Company to additionally create consciousness in regards to the damaging results of laborious medicine. When you take a look at the report we’ve, it’s normally the secondary college students which are principally the victims of laborious medicine as a result of they lack full data.”
Additionally talking, Dr Christian Abuajah,
the sphere mission coordinator, Banstop Advocacy Pilot Subject Survey, stated the examine revealed that substance abuse is the predominant reason for psychological well being challenges in the neighborhood beneath evaluate.
He added that one other problem found was the tactic of remedy given to these affected by psychological sickness on account of non secular and cultural practices.
He stated, “We discovered from the world we visited that the predominant reason for psychological sickness is substance abuse, which is inflicting younger folks to lose coordination attempting to indicate unruly behaviours.
“The standard of the end result we acquired amazed our companions as a result of we acquired first data from the locals, particularly from challenges and expectations from our examine within the three communities of Apumiri, Mgbarakuma and Nsukwe.’’
“The normal ruler of Mgbarakuma requested to return again to proffer an answer if we discover out the foundation reason for the problems, as a result of many younger ones are in critical issues due to laborious medicine and peer affect.
“The second part of the mission would be the advocacy stage. The outcomes present that one of many elements that impacts folks’s selection of the place to hunt for therapeutic is enlightenment and training. If psychological sickness is attributable to substance abuse and religious or conventional therapeutic strategies is utilized in treating the affected person, the appropriate end result is not going to be achieved.
“I used to be impressed with one of many religious healers we met. He stated he runs an analysis take a look at on his sufferers to establish the reason for the sicknesses earlier than giving remedy, and if he finds out that it’s not associated to his space of speciality, he’ll refer the individual to the suitable place for remedy.”
A few of the companions, together with Chudi Nwigwe, PhD, Chukwudi Onwudinanti and Dr Femi Adebajo counseled the Nationwide Affiliation of Seadogs and Stroll 347, who performed an important position within the state through the analysis survey in Abia State.