RISING MENTAL DISORDERS AMONG ADOLESCENTS: THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study explained the rising mental disorders among adolescents and the need for
psychological therapies in Nigeria. In doing so, it gives a definitive analysis of mental disorders,
alongside the explanation of the types of mental disorders among adolescents. Furthermore, the
study also provided the synopses of models/theories of aetiology of mental disorders in
adolescence. Thus, in the circumstances of the rising statistics of mentally ill adolescents, the
study suggested psychological therapies and their necessity to halt the scourge in Nigeria. In line
with these facts, the study recommended among others, that the Federal Government in
conjunction with the State Governments should, through their media agencies, educate, inform
and communicate with the public, especially the adolescents on the aetiologies of mental
disorders, and how they should avoid same for sound mind and healthy living in the Nigerian
society.