Depression: ‘Women are twice more vulnerable in Nigeria’ – Expert
One in five Nigerians, according to Dr. Edak Okwong, a neuropsychiatrist at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Calabar, have experienced depression, with women being twice as vulnerable. In a Tuesday interview in Calabar with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Okwong provided the justification. According to NAN, depression is a mood condition that results in a lingering feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It may be categorized as major depressive disorder or clinical depression. It affects how a person thinks and behaves and can…