The prevalence of mental illness in Nigeria is linked to
the many socio-economic problems which may be
regarded as precipitating factors (Desjarlais et al., 1995).
These factors include; the underfunding of mental health
services (World Health Organization, 2003); as well as
the brain drain syndrome in Nigeria’s public healthcare
sector (Oyewunmi and Oyewunmi, 2014), as evidenced
by the significant number of Nigerian psychiatrists and
psychiatric nurses who practice overseas (Baba, 2005)