Mental Health Challenges

With over 8years experience in providing in and outpatient rehabilitation services in Nigeria , We have acquired the professional fever affecting clinicians working in the field of addiction worldwide. This fever is an illness on the part of the professionals characterised by frustrations at relapse rates in addiction, difficulty in getting patients and families to sustain follow up plans post discharge, stigma affecting the help seeking behaviour in addiction, the prohibitive cost of treatment that makes it difficult for patients to afford the best treatment modalities available , lack of adequately trained professionals etc many patients who present with drug problems sometimes have comorbid personality problems, minor mental illnesses , history of undisclosed trauma e.g. sexual abuse ,difficult family dynamics at home etc. These can affect the duration of and response to treatment.