Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Alma mater | China European International Business School, , Albert Ellis Institute, New York, USA, National Post-Graduate Medical College of Physicians |
Occupation(s) | Mental health Advocate, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist |
Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri is a Nigerian mental health advocate, Psychiatrist , and psychotherapist. [1] [2] [3] [4] She advocates for mental health by speaking at events, [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] television shows [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] and as a columnist at the Guardian Newspapers. [18] She produced Little Drops Of Happy in 2017 [19] [20] to create awareness about mental health in Nigeria. She is the founder of Pinnacle Medical Services Limited. [21] [22] [23]
Maymunah trained at Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba until 2012. She is a graduate of the China European International Business School. She is also a trained rational emotive and cognitive behavioural therapist from Albert Ellis Institute, New York, USA. She is a Goldman Sachs scholar in Entrepreneurial management and a Fellow of the National Post-Graduate Medical College of Physicians (FMCPsych). [24] [25]
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