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Episode 82: Debunking Mental Health Myths
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This past weekend, it was reported that universities had noted a worrying trend of students dying by suicide, with at least 12 cases having been recorded since January. Many more cases go unrecorded, but the causes were depression and other mental illnesses, family problems, intimate relationship problems, examination and fees stress, drug use among others.
We're joined by Anita Awuor, a clinical psychologist, to discuss mental health and well-being in Kenya, and to debunk common myths around mental health. Pres play!
Resources
Kenya Mental Health Policy [2015 - 2030]
Worrying trend of university students committing suicide
Mental health issues trigger suicides among students
Kenya suicide rate hits ten-year high
Health experts warn of mental illness crisis
People with mental illnesses struggle to find treatment
The taboo of mental illness in Kenya
This is how expensive it is to access mental healthcare in Kenya
Providing Sustainable Mental and Neurological Health Care in Ghana and Kenya: Workshop Summary
115 episodios
Manage episode 223227704 series 1247257
This past weekend, it was reported that universities had noted a worrying trend of students dying by suicide, with at least 12 cases having been recorded since January. Many more cases go unrecorded, but the causes were depression and other mental illnesses, family problems, intimate relationship problems, examination and fees stress, drug use among others.
We're joined by Anita Awuor, a clinical psychologist, to discuss mental health and well-being in Kenya, and to debunk common myths around mental health. Pres play!
Resources
Kenya Mental Health Policy [2015 - 2030]
Worrying trend of university students committing suicide
Mental health issues trigger suicides among students
Kenya suicide rate hits ten-year high
Health experts warn of mental illness crisis
People with mental illnesses struggle to find treatment
The taboo of mental illness in Kenya
This is how expensive it is to access mental healthcare in Kenya
Providing Sustainable Mental and Neurological Health Care in Ghana and Kenya: Workshop Summary
115 episodios
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