Disability and Mental Ill-Health-Implications for Social Policy and Recommendations in Nigeria
Publication Date: 22/01/2022
Author(s): Adeoye O. Oyewole.
Volume/Issue: Volume 5 , Issue 1 (2022)
Abstract:
The conceptual definition of disability has been predicated on the quest to balance the medical paradigm with the equally relevant social paradigm of disability. In this paper, I review current models of disability and their impact on interrelationships between disability and mental health disorders within the context of African socio-cultural concepts. I also propose a mental health paradigm through the biopsychosocial model in the management of the complex issues associated with disability. Health workers collaborating with religious and socio-cultural institutions can identify those at risk of grave mental health consequences and offer support to the individual and the family through proper counselling and guidance.
Keywords:
Biopsychosocial, counselling, disability, health, Africa
