Consultant surgeon advocates a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to stress management
Ani Bassey
Professor Roland Ndoma Egba, a Chief Consultant Surgeon and professor of surgery has advocated for a holistic and multi disciplinary approach to stress management.
He maintained that a standard process for diagnosis of stress should be instituted and that approaches to diagnosis must be holistic and multidisciplinary.
Professor Ndoma-Egba disclosed this at the University of Calabar during the maiden celebration of this year’s International Men’s Day by the institution’s Centre for Gender Development.
Speaking during his paper presentation titled: “The 21st Century Man: Approaches to Stress Management”, he maintained that stress itself does not harm but how a patient reacts to it.
“Stress is an infectious disease and one of the misfortunes of life is to work under one with stress.
“Stress is there wherever you are and in whatever you do and is triggered among others by unclear expectation, poor leadership, poor economy, increase in financial obligation, among others.
“Every one with a chronic illness is permanently under stress and anyone who loves someone under stress is equally stressed”, he said.
He also disclosed that the commonest cause of infertility for men and women is stress and anxiety.
Professor Ndoma-Egba maintained that there are some positive aspects of stress as it propels one to forge ahead and face life’s challenges.
Also contributing, Winifred Oyo-Ita, a former Head of Service of the federation said nothing much has been done for men after years of toil and investment in their families.
She advocated for the enlargement of the Ministry of Women Affairs to that of Gender Affairs to also bring men into the scheme of things.
Earlier, Dr. Brenda Akpan, the Executive Director, Centre for Gender Studies, University of Calabar said the event is held to to celebrate men and highlight the challenges they face.
