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During a visit to psychiatric institutions in Nigeria in January 1985 I was privileged to see a psychiatry in ascent
Set against earlier experiences which extend back to 1961 and include a term as WHO Visiting Professor from 1968-1973, from ten years of working in Nigeria I found that the development of psychiatry in Nigeria since I first became acquainted with it twenty-four years ago is almost unbelievable
The increase in the numbers of professional staff speaks for itself; psychiatrists have increased from four to fifty, psychiatric nurses from less than thirty to over 1.000; psychiatric social workers and clinical psychologists from zero to several dozens each
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Observations in the Federal Republic of Germany during the 70s and early 80s could have incited similar sighs and com plaints of psychiatry's susceptibility to ideology.2 But during a visit to psychiatric institutions in Nigeria in January 1985 I was privileged to see a psychiatry in ascent. JULY1985 controversial subjects, and the ability to contribute to a solu tion: this was displayed in all discussions I was privileged to hold with twenty-five of the fifty psychiatrists working in Nigeria at present. Maybe most signifi cant for a psychiatry in ascent is the opportunity for young doctors to obtain a professional qualification in Nigeria.
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