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DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND THE COPING MECHANISM

  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 […]

DEALING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS STIGMA

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 […]

SUICIDAL PREVENTION

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 […]

Challenging Inappropriate View, Approaches and, Attitudes towards Disabled People in Nigeria. By Oluseyi Elizabeth Odudimu

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 […]

Correlation between depression and schizophrenia

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 […]

Why are women more prone to mental illness?

Mothers are the salt and the change that the world needs. They work very hard to treat their entire family well with consideration, understanding and cooperation.  Mothers are good listener, blessed with a gentle heart to give comfort and support to children, even at the expense of their happiness. No matter how pre-occupied mothers may […]

Dementia

What Nigerians need to know about  Alzheimer “dementia”  diseases and how they can provide the elderly with early intervention with a functional approach. Many Nigeria age parent suffered from dementia which prompt mistreatment from society. Dementia is a neurologically degenerative condition and we tagged them with witches or wizards because of our ignorance about how […]

Anxiety disorders

Anxiety usually occurred at some point in our lives. Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress, heartbreaking, shifting of employment, financial difficulties, marriage concern attention ; can be beneficial in some situations. It can alert us to dangers and help us prepare and pay attention. It turns Anxiety disorders from the moment those normal life […]