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An Overview of Rehabilitation Centres for People with Mental Challenges in Southwestern Nigeria

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/easjhcs.2022.v04i02.004
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Rehabilitation is necessary for patients suffering from mental challenges for their benefit and society. Tis aim of rehabilitation is to enable patients with mental challenges be in conducive environment compared with how some of them constitute nuisance to the society and lived in slums. With rehabilitation, they are expected to enjoy toiletry; drinkable water, neat environment, better food intake, taking of prescribed drug regularly, and exposing them to different skills that will make them fit into the society after their recovery. The study investigated the welfare of people with mental challenges in non-governmental rehabilitation centres, and the efforts of the centres at making clients fit into the society in later life both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed for the study. The study population consist of five respondents who were owners and social workers at four rehabilitation centres randomly selected from Ondo and Osun States. Focus group discussion was also used. Data obtained was analysed using frequency count and percentages. Findings revealed that social welfare services provided for the patients were good, but efforts were not made by the centres at providing vocational training for these patients. The paper helps to contribute to the knowledge of the society and concluded that people with mental challenges need to be rehabilitated with good welfare services, and vocational training.

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