Today, April 7, is World Health Day and the theme is “Depression: let’s talk about it.”
5 factors that can increase risk of having disease
The factors were listed by Consultant Psychiatrist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Dr. Raphael E. Ogbolu.
This is a very depressed man (Illustration)
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Below are five things that can predispose a person to depression:
The factors were listed by Consultant Psychiatrist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Dr. Raphael E. Ogbolu while speaking with The Guardian.
Ogbolu also said that about 3.9 per cent of Nigerians have depression.
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