How Can We Treat Bipolar Disorder in the Global South?
About this episode
The episode discusses the treatment of bipolar disorder in the context of recent mental health law changes in Nigeria.
I was invited, thanks to the magnificent and only-ever-positive internet , to give a lecture to colleagues in Nigeria. I’m kidding, a little—the internet can be rough. Ask a comment section of a YouTube video! However, it is also a technology that has brought the world closer together. One of those less absurd corners of the internet is LinkedIn —it’s like the world’s most boring dad and his boss decided to invite you to a global-scale compliance educational module. “So exciting, it’s mandatory!” I am giving the internet a hard time. Sometimes it’s a special kind of magic. Like, for example, today. Imagine you are a progressive hospital system in Lagos, such as Gracehill Hospital. Yes, that is in Nigeria. It’s a progressive country, compared to the rest of the continent, but some of that progress is recent, as in 2023 . A new Mental Health law was recently enacted in Nigeria to replace the Lunacy Ordinance of 1958 . The passage of the new law was a major leap from the old. It was received with excitement because the former law was not only outdated but failed to address core issues such as the promotion of mental health and the protection of the rights of the mentally ill. If…
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