Nigeria, Oct. 10 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that more than 60 per cent of residents in Borno State have experienced mental health challenges as a result of the 16-year Boko Haram insurgency. Dr. Bitrus Maina, an ICRC psychologist, disclosed this during a mental health lecture and awareness session organised for student nurses, midwives and lecturers at the College of Nursing and Midwifery in Maiduguri. The programme was organised to mark World Mental Health Day, observed annually on October 10 to promote awareness, education and advocacy on mental health and address the stigma associated with mental health conditions. Maina explained that mental health goes beyond the absence of mental disorders, noti...