Posted on May 12, 2011.
Sociology of mental illness: the study of the UN-institutionalized Mentally Challenged in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Nigeria Sociology of Mental Illness: The study of the UN-institutionalized Mentally Challenged in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Nigeria
BY
DR. SHOPEJU OJ *; DR. * Onifade CA AND DR. Dipeolu A. **
joshopeju12@yahoo.com; drcaonifade@yahoo.com; waledipe@gmail.com
* Department of General Studies
University of Agriculture
Abeokuta
** Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Agriculture
Abeokuta
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Sociology of Mental Illness: The study of the UN-institutionalized Mentally Challenged in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Nigeria
The aim of this paper is on the poor / economically disadvantaged, non-institutionalized and socially classified as having a disability (or considered crazy) people who wander the streets of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State , Nigeria. It attempts to answer the question of mental illness as a social construction. It is estimated that the capacity of these people survive without formal care should be a source of study to help shed light on the problems faced by many individuals and groups within society. For example, if one considers the fact that most of these same people live as isolated, we focus on the need to understand, appreciate and be reconciled with the fact that, as Erickson (2001) said: . . .. The inability of some people to reconcile themselves with their own single-cons is indicated by their inability to focus on interpersonal relationships with others face-to-head. "The fact is that many of them took off at one time or other companies, which have exerted pressure on them to draw the line of social expectations. These expectations, as defined by social institutions (religion, family economic, political - both civilians and military, and education), govern their lives and also serve as a support system, and that the deficiency still continue to provide much needed support to helped put in a corner and thus their separation from the existing conventional social relationships. It is also estimated that with better understanding of the underlying factors that influence the behavior and lives of these people, and with a little help from the rest of us, they would better address some of the problems they face. In short, we firmly believe and agree with the opinion of Carol Gill, a Ph.D. in wheelchairs and co-organizer "Bioethics Symposium" who expressed the opinion that "we should look at society has erected barriers that demoralize people to the point they find it too difficult to live with their disability, where the emphasis should be placed on our inability to mobilize the resources they need to live "(Nugent, 2005).
Literature Review
The more one reads about mental illness, sees or interacts with some of the mentally handicapped, or those that society considers to be mentally ill, over the question of the reality of the problem comes to mind. The earlier the issue of most cultures it is difficult to reach a conclusion about what mental illness really is. An attempt to define mental illness helps explain the ambiguity and futility involved. This has guided the thinking of Mechanics (1980) in his book, "Mental Health and Social Policy." For example, Webster's Third New International Dictionary defines madness as "false as the mind or lack of understanding that prevents you from having a mental illness ability to enter into a particular relationship, status or transaction or as excuses a criminal and CI.
