 Mental health is just like any other element. As such, society must have the stigmatization against sufferers of mental health diseases. This was a submission of Dr. Kaphaia Togunshola, a lead psychiatrist while fielding questions from newsmen at the 2022 Arnold General Meeting of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria in the Potimata Chapter Legal State. Plus the witness correspondence, Laave Kukui Edokun has details. Mental health is one of the diseases dreaded by society. It affects the cognitive behavior and emotional well-being of a sufferer. Conditions such as stress, depression and anxiety can all affect mental health and disrupt a person's routine. The situation usually worsened as a result of societal stigma attached to such conditions. Doctors get withdrawn and are willing to speak out about their condition or even contemplate suicide. These medical professionals are worried about the increase in cases of the disease. Doing life itself is a field with a lot of stressors, it could be ill health, it could be life events that one did not see coming, the loss of a loved one, the loss of a job, financial troubles, it could even be the society itself, the economic problems and the challenges in Nigeria is also a major stressor for many of us. So yes, whilst all of this is going, one has to pay attention to their self-care because if you're here, if you do the list, I mean I did A to Z of self-care which includes things like affirming yourself, the ability to breathe, understanding what are the things within your control, you know, focusing on the things that are within your control. Another issue on the chest of these medical professionals is their brain drain. They lamented the exodus of Nigerian doctors to other countries for greener patches. A global but more in this country with respect to the brain drain that we're experiencing presently, we decided to give the team, thriving as a professional in the current environment, we know that there has been issue of exodus of doctors, health workers generally, consultant especially in recent time, so we are deciding to look at this, or we decided to look at this matter. Those of us that are here, is either we are just staying for staying sick or is there anything that we need to do in order to make sure that we are not left behind. They called on the federal government to do something urgent to make the environment conducive as well as address their welfare. When you operate and the environment you are operating in for instance, you are not sure of light, you are as a surgeon you have to consider the electricity, consider this in fixing your surgery date, it's not the best, so these are part of the factors that if addressed will reduce what you have in terms of the exodus of professionals, doctors in particular. The theme of the 2022 AGM is Thriving as Professionals in the Current Environment. From Ligas, live ikuku iedukum. Plus TV news. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.