Psychotherapy training in postgraduate psychiatry training in Nigeria - Are we doing enough?

Introduction: Nigeria, with an estimated 40 million people living with mental disorders, faces a critical shortage of psychiatrists to address the significant burden. Despite psychotherapy being integral to psychiatric training, it lacks structure, consistency and adequate supervision. This is alarming, particularly given the substantial demand for specialized psychotherapeutic support among those with mental illness.

Workforce migration and brain drain - A nationwide cross-sectional survey of early career psychiatrists in Nigeria.

Background: Nigeria's shortage of psychiatrists is exacerbated due to health worker migration.

Aim: This study explores migration experiences and tendencies among early-career psychiatrists in Nigeria.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey covering Nigeria's six geopolitical zones, using a 61-item online questionnaire assessing short-term mobility, long-term migration experiences and migration attitudes.

Awareness, attitude, and understanding toward epilepsy among workers in a State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria.

Background: Epilepsy is a common presentation at clinics in Psychiatric Hospitals, Teaching Hospitals, and general practice. In developing countries and Africa especially, awareness, attitude, and understanding are generally poor. People still believe in spirits as the cause of epilepsy.