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Analysis of Socio-Economic Risk Factors of Mental Illness Among Youths in Kwara State, Nigeria: Implications for Social Work Practice

“…According to Health Direct (2023), some of the symptoms of psychiatric disorder or mental illness include; Aggression, Illogical thoughts, poor concentration and memory, disturbance in mood ( irritability), lack of motivation, drug abuse, incoherent speech, paranoid, neglect of personal hygiene and other responsibilities, wandering tendency, talking to the self, amongst others. Garba (2021) observed that though the increase in the population of youths in Nigeria is an asset, the reality is that the resources are not being properly harnessed as a result of poor governance, corruption and misplacement of priorities. In most developed countries of the world, the celebrated growth in their economies are credited to the youths who are regarded as the economically active segment of the population (World Bank, 2023).…”

“…This portrays an evidence of stagnation in employment generation for the youths in both rural and urban centers across Nigerian states and which indirectly subject this young people to stress, financial pressure, lower self-esteem and consequently mental illness. In other words, the Nigerian economy which is expected to be booming and stimulating investment/production as well as creating more jobs and better income becomes far from reality (Garba, 2021). Adler and Stewart (2010) however argued that securing employment has its own latent functions on the wellbeing of the individual as it could lead to a more positive mental health.…”