Impact of Global Economic Crises on Students’ Mental Health in Nigeria: Educational, Psychological and Counselling Implications
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Economic crises, students, mental health, counselling strategiesAbstract
The paper scrutinized the prevalence of global economic crises on students’ mental health and the imperatives of educational review, psychological services and counselling strategies, as panacea to their maladaptive reactions to the circumstances they found themselves in school settings. Students in Nigeria are battling with numerous academic stressors and are also affected by economic meltdown among others. Some of the challenges they face also include financial, difficulties, uncertainty regarding their future and anxiety. Measures were taken by stakeholders to reduce the enormity of the problems, in response to the mental health crises among Nigerian students. Therefore, post empirical data were analyzed quantitatively. The paper examined economic crises and delves into repercussions of global crises on the mental health of the students in Nigeria and offers insights into the effectiveness of best practices of educational approaches, psychological services and counselling strategies. Recommendations were suggested which includes; collaboration among educators, psychologists and counsellors within Nigerian educational system becomes highly imperative. Proactive measures should also be put in place by relevant authorities with a view to seeing that, mental health of the students at all levels of education is facilitated without further delay.
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