Editor: Oluseyi Elizabeth Odudimu What is a mood disorder? Mood Disorders are mental health conditions that predominantly influence the emotional state. It is also known as an affective disorder with the experience of long periods of intense happiness or sadness (mania) and may affect the general emotional state in many cases. […]
Today is World Savings Day. World Savings Day is also known as World Thrift Day. It is celebrated to educate people on the benefits of savings and to have them move the money they have in their vaults at home to bank accounts. It was established by the World Society of Savings Banks in […]
Dr. Ruth Goma is a Developmental Psychologist, Family Therapist, certified by the Nigerian Association of Psychology, and a Life Coach, accredited by the Life Coaches Association of Nigeria (LCAN). She has over 10 years experience as a Psychotherapist, Counsellor and Coach using Psychological tools to assess and offer practical solutions to support individuals in Corporate […]
Monday 10 October, being World Mental Health Day, we will be joining others around the world to observe this year’s World Mental Health Day, through campaign and calling for severe mental illness to be a global priority. We know that more people are experiencing poor mental health because of the rising cost of living. […]
While schools are pulling out all the stops to welcome new and old students to another academic session, some parents are already losing sleep on how to balance their children’s last term’s school fees and also take blood, sweat and tears to pay fees for the coming session. From all indications, many parents have been […]
Recently, I was with a group of Nigerian youths discussing the state of our educational system. During my enlightening conversation with those group of youths, one of them said, “Egbon Kay, e gbagbe; e ma waasu fun waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (meaning, brother Kay, don’t bother yourself to preach to usssssssssssssss), school is a scam!” I asked […]
BY OLUSEYI ELIZABETH ODUDIMU A recent report (World Health Organization 2016a) found that the total population in Spain is 46, 348, 000 and non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, Cancers and Chronic respiratory diseases have been the major health issues since the 1970s (WHO,2016b). WHO (2016a) data estimated 91% of all deaths rate of which […]
BY OLUSEYI ELIZABETH ODUDIMU Abstract Employment and high income can improve the clinical condition, recovery, quality of life and enhance the social inclusion of people with severe mental illness. However, in the global statistics of the labour force, participation of people with severe mental illness is still very low and this is because many employers […]