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Africa: Meeting Africa's Mental Health Needs
SciDev.Net, 29 December 2014
Liya Dibaba was five months pregnant when she was hit by severe psychosis. Her family chained her outside the house. They took her to traditional healers. Read more »
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Nigeria: Mental Health Crisis Looms in Nigeria
Independent (Lagos), 14 December 2014
Incessant bickering among top ranking officials at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH), Uselu, Benin, Edo State, has raised concerns that it may worsen Nigeria's mental… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Save Mentally-Ill Women From Abuse
The Herald, 4 December 2014
Memory (not her real name) is a mentally-challenged destitute woman who has been living and begging on Harare's streets for close to five years now. Although people are sympathetic… Read more »
Meeting Africa's Mental Health Needs
Close to 90 percent of those in developing countries who need treatment for mental health problems receive no assistance, writes SciDev.net.
InFocus
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Nations are commemorating World Mental Health Day with a focus on people living with schizophrenia - a long term disorder of the brain which affects how a person thinks, feels and ... Read more »
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The United Nations special rapporteur on torture has expressed deep concern at the state of Ghana's mental health care system, and called for urgent reform of both psychiatric ... Read more »
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Mental health is a global challenge that could significantly impact on the health, social and even economic growth of developing countries, an advocate notes. Read more »
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A study conducted a few years ago by members of the American Medical Association found that 44 percent of Liberian adults displayed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Yet ... Read more »
