Healthcare
It’s been said: “Symptoms are not a barrier to recovery, but attitude is.” And that’s so true. Our attitudes can easily create bigger problems for people with mental illness than the illness itself does. Imagine how it would feel if you constantly had to prove yourself. If you
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Hello! Nice to have you over here. I'm glad you came to check out this extra resource. So in the spirit of the theme of World Mental Health Day 2015, "Dignity in Mental Health," it's a good time to talk about how we can
Specific mental disorders
Bella Naija. May 10 was Mother’s day, and May 11-17 is Mental Health Awareness Week 2015. So in honour of both, I’ll be talking today about a major mental health issue that affects mothers: “baby blues” and post-pregnancy depression. “Hey honey, did you sleep?” Iyabo stared back at
Mental illness
“Mental Health: The Missing Piece in Maternal Health.” It's a blog series co-hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force and the Mental Health Innovation Network at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, as well as Dr. Jane Fisher of Monash University. Find the original article on
Specific mental disorders
I did a series of tweets in honour of Mothers Day, addressing common mental health issues that new mothers face, but which often go unrecognised by both the mothers, their doctors and those who love them: baby blues and post-pregnancy depression. (And a mention of post-pregnancy psychosis.) Enjoy
Specific mental disorders
my Bella Naija article of a couple weeks ago, and I want to go into more detail here. I've noticed a common fundamental mistake when people talk about bipolar disorder (or just “bipolar”). I took it on in the BellaNaija article, but I’m not sure I captured
Empathy
Why the attack on Ambode is retrogressive for mental health This post was first published on my blog, DocAyomide.com. So I woke up the other day to this piece of news going round: I was upset by that headline, but I thought, “Let me read the article first before
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Yes o — I'm still on this mental illness and violence matter! Honestly, I thought I'd just do a post on it, but each post so far has produced responses that necessitate another. (This will be the last for now, although I'm sure I'
Mental illness
why it's not fair to lump terrorists together with people who mental illness, and a friend of mine replied thus in an email: I agree with your conclusion just that I really think mentally people are more violent than other people. Not because the mental illness makes them
Healthcare
I recently disagreed with a friend over mental illness and terrorism. It happened after the terrible Charlie Hebdo incident, and started because he had the temerity to suggest that the murderous terrorists were deserving of a psychiatric evaluation. That is one sure way to get me upset. Whenever there'