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Sad news about the suicide that occured.
#MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #wakeupnigeria
We cannot stress enough the importance of our mental health & the almost zero effort by the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders such as govt & civil agencies to raise awareness about this crippling disease, provide treatment & counselling and curb stigma surrounding it.
We cannot stress enough the importance of our mental health & the almost zero effort by the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders such as govt & civil agencies to raise awareness about this crippling disease, provide treatment & counselling and curb stigma surrounding it.
There are different types of mental health issues and disorders and we would like to state the common ones here as an add on to the thread we did about mental health issues.
#MentalHealthAwareness #wakeupnigeria

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Anxiety disorders
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Behavioural and emotional disorders in children
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Mood disorders
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Dissociation and dissociative disorders
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Impulse Control and Addiction disorder
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Eating disorders
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Psychotic disorders
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Personality disorders
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Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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If you think you're suffering from a mental health issue or someone you know is, you can quietly contact the Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiave (MANI), @MentallyAwareNG
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Don't do it tomorrow, do it today. You just might be saving a life, yours included.
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Let's not forget that child abuse & sexual harassment can happen to any gender. A lot of our male population's memory of their early sexual encounters are by house workers, family members or family friends. And it's usually at an early age.
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We are glad you're feeling better now and you were able to seek and find help to get you there. Again thank you for opening up about such a sensitive topic and doing so in a relatable way that can be easily understood. #ThursdayThoughts #ThursdayMotivation #MentalHealthMatters
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You are carted off to an emergency department, where the doctors only have a vague understanding of your disease.
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I hadn’t been to church in months because of how hurt I had been by the church and walking back in and hearing your message made me even more hopeless for the state of the global church and how toxic it has become #exevangelical
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Hello. I'm someone living with depression and there have been times where I've just wanted to end it all, to disappear, to make it stop. Here's what I want you to do instead of posting #suicide hotline numbers:
Lobby for better healthcare conditions in America. Call your representatives and ask them to support affordable and easy access to mental healthcare treatment. Stop thinking emotional people are 'weak.' Help suicide prevention volunteers get paid for helping people stay alive.
The healthcare crisis in America impacts people with mental health issues. Medicine, therapists and wellness programs are expensive without healthcare. We can't afford treatment. We don't have access to the needs and conditions that can truly help prevent suicide.
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