If someone asks you, “Who are you?” what do you give in reply? Hold a bit before you rush into answering that question. What if you were to ask yourself who YOU really are, can you sell yourself to YOU, and be accepted? Whatever your reply would be, there is still a “YOU in you” […]
Stop Mental Illness Foundation presents a Virtual Conference and Recognition Award to the Health Workers on World Mental Health Day
EDITOR: OLUSEYI ELIZABETH ODUDIMU Pre-Traumatic Stress is anticipatory apprehension regarding the future event and reactions to fear of intrinsic worth in the future, it usually arises with related symptoms with post-traumatic stress disorder such as anguish, fear, unhappiness, helplessness, persistent troubled mind, unsettling interfering thoughts of hopelessness, sleep difficulty and nightmares and keeping away […]
Editor: Oluseyi Elizabeth Odudimu Depression or major depressive disorder is a mental illness that causes a feeling of unhappiness, loneliness, hopelessness and helplessness, which usually lead to suicidal thoughts or actions. It affects individual thinking feelings and functions. Depression is a physical and emotional weight that undermines the inner peace experience. It causes […]
Registering our children as part of a football team or any sport of their choice is one of the best decisions every parent can ever make to help their children develop lifetime confidence, self-esteem, as well as advances in their physical and mental health. Most of us do not understand that playing football or engaging in […]
The research revealed that mental illness in children usually begins to show symptoms from the age of 12 and get so deteriorates from the age of 18 and begins to influence children’s thoughts, mood, behaviour or discernment of their world. Nevertheless, parents need to be so attentive and ensure that they take preventive precaution from […]
Stigma is a negative stereotype. It is an unbearable reality for many people with mental illness, and how others judge them is their greatest barrier to a complete and satisfying life. Stigma differs from discrimination. Discrimination on the other hand is the unfair treatment due to a person’s identity. Summarily, Stigma is the negative stereotype […]
World Mental Health Day (10 October) is a day set aside for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. Every 10th of October, thousands of supporters come together to provide ideas and strategies required to make mental health care actuality for the universe. World Mental Health Day 10/10/2019 What are suicide and suicidal behaviour? World Health Organization defined […]
EDITOR: OLUSEYI ELIZABETH ODUDIMU Challenging Inappropriate Views, Approaches, and Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities in Nigeria Introduction In Nigeria, as in many parts of the world, individuals with disabilities face numerous challenges daily. Beyond the physical impairments they may have, they also contend with societal biases, stereotypes, and a lack of understanding […]
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder with affirmative and harmful symptoms. Affirmative symptoms involve thought disorder, hallucinations, movements disorder and delusion, while the harmful symptoms are known as the deficiency of standard behaviours which cannot only be found in schizophrenia but also depression. Depression is a common serious mood disorder, it has common features […]