HAHA! 800,000 COMMIT SUICIDE FROM DEPRESSION ANNUALLY — DON

A professor of psychiatry, Joseph Adeyemi, has said that no fewer than 800,000 people commit suicide yearly due to depression, yet policies on mental challenges remain archaic.

He said: “Our laws should keep up with current situations, but we have remained static; the way we were in 1959.”

According to him, it was difficult to get depression patients to accept the fact of their illnesses.

All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, represented by Mr. Sunday Dare, Tinubu said depression was a global problem, with 400 million people suffering from it, 12 percent (48 million) of which are Nigerians.

Calling the publication “a terrific book,” Tinubu said he had a dream that someday, the author would be celebrated across the country.

The author, in her remarks, said having suffered from depression, she felt she needed to help others.

“I am happy that life gave me lemons, but I am able to make lemonade out of it,” she said.

According to her, many do not realize they were going through depression. She called for more sensitivity and compassion for depressed persons.

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