Mrs. Bolanle is a 53-year-old shop owner who has increasingly become moody and irritable.Sometimes, she would be happy and suddenly switch and may start crying for no clear-cutreason. She also feels more tired than usual and has been sleeping poorly. She went to the clinicfor checks as she was convinced... read more →
Apr
27
Apr
20
Scenario 1:Tragedy befell the Bello family as their only son Jide was kidnapped and brutally murdered. JideBello was a 23-year-old first class graduate of the University of Ilorin and he had just beenposted as a corps member to a university in Taraba State. The whole family was happy becauseJide was... read more →
Apr
13
Bolanle is a 32-year-old lawyer whose husband, Akin, was first diagnosed as having bipolardisorder when they were still undergraduates. They had been dating for the past 3 years and hehad become her rock and pillar. They were simply inseparable. It had started with his becomingreclusive, not picking up her calls... read more →
Apr
07
Baba Goni is a 42-year-old Bank Manager who has always provided responsibly for his family. He isproud to take care of his parents, younger siblings, his wife, and 3 children. The younger children arein a good boarding school, while the eldest is already in a private university. His wife is... read more →
Mar
30
Sometimes, we go through such intense emotional pain and misery that we simply want to crawlinto a hole and be forgotten. Or to simply sleep and not wake up again so one can escape from theemotional pain and distress. This is especially more pronounced when it appears like there is... read more →
Mar
23
Afolabi and Faruk are roommates at the university. Afolabi is in his final year and is reallytroubled by financial worries. His father has passed on after a road traffic accident and he is thefirstborn. His mother is devastated, and her petty business can hardly sustain the family. He isworried about... read more →
Mar
16
As young children, we simply can’t wait to grow up, complete schooling, and ‘enjoy’ the trills ofadulthood – earn money, have your own house, drive your own car, etc. And the major stressorsat that age usually revolve around ‘must-pass’ exams, peer acceptance, being popular, and so on.As we hit adulthood,... read more →
Mar
09
An experiment was conducted in the 1960s by two eminent psychologists, Martin Seligman, andSteven F. Maier, using dogs. In the experiment, dogs were kept in two separate cages – wherethey could not see each other. One cage had an escape door which if pushed will open and allowthem to escape,... read more →
Mar
02
As we engage in national and regional elections, it is a period that is often fraught with tensions and emotional investment in the candidates of our choice. Civic engagement is very good but sometimes it can become toxic for our emotional well-being. It is important to learn how to reduce... read more →
Feb
23
Bola, University Student:Bola was a brilliant 19-year-old Engineering student at the University whose grades were in the first-class range. His roommates recently observed that he was talking to himself and behaving in an oddmanner. They tried to engage him but when he became aggressive, they reported to the UniversityHealth Services... read more →