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Apr 25

What Can You Do, When Thoughts of Suicide Become Persistent?

Sometimes, we go through such intense emotional pain and misery that we simply want to crawl into a hole and be forgotten. Or to simply sleep and not wake up again so one can escape from the emotional pain and distress. This is especially more pronounced when it appears like... read more →

April 25, 2024
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Mental health, lifestyle, Health, Advocacy, Suicide prevention

Apr 11

Do We Inherit Success or Acquire It?

Case A: Afolabi is the 3rd of 5 children and the parents are successful entrepreneurs with a chain ofbusinesses. Once the children graduated from the university, they were all integrated into the familybusiness to varying degrees of success. Afolabi clearly had a good head for the business, he interactedwell with... read more →

April 11, 2024
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Mental health, lifestyle, Health, Advocacy

Apr 04

World Autism Day: Empowering Autistic Voices

Umar is a 6-year-old boy, whose mother is a civil servant and the father a successful businessman. He isyet to speak in a meaningful way. He is often pre-occupied with his own world, playing alone and doesnot seem to show any emotional attachment to the parents or his older siblings.... read more →

April 4, 2024
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Children mental health, Mental health, lifestyle, Health, Advocacy

Mar 28

Life is too Hard: Damaging Consequences of Excessive School Pressure on Children

Case of Abdul: Abdul is an 8-year-old boy Primary 4 pupil who is usually cheerful and happy.However, he is struggling to cope with the sheer volume of homework they were expected tocomplete on a daily basis. His Mother, a busy medical doctor initially attempted to help him,but soon realized that... read more →

March 28, 2024
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Children mental health, Mental health, lifestyle, Health, Advocacy

Mar 21

What Can We Do For Someone Who Is Depressed?

Bose has not been feeling quite well for the past 6 weeks now. She is tired all of thetime, cries for no specific reason, sleeps poorly and has lost her appetite. Her attentionis no longer good and she simply cannot bring herself to concentrate on any task.Nothing interests her anymore... read more →

March 21, 2024
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Mental Health, Mental health, lifestyle, Health, Advocacy

Mar 07

Emotional Wellbeing of Women Around Pregnancy

Hajia Amina was excited to be pregnant, within a year of marriage. She read many articlesaround health and safety during pregnancy and she marked every milestone with pride. Sheduly registered for antenatal services after making enquiries for the best facility where herpregnancy could be supervised, and she could be rest... read more →

March 7, 2024
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Mental health, lifestyle, Health, Advocacy, Women's Mental Health

Feb 29

Celebrating and Inspiring Youth Champions for Mental Health Advocacy: The Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition

The Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay (JAME) competition is an essay competition centered on a topical mental health issue, organized annually by the Asido Foundation for undergraduate students of Nigerian tertiary institutions in memory of Miss Jemila Abubakar, the organization's pioneer program manager, who passed away in July 2020 after a... read more →

February 29, 2024
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Mental health, lifestyle, Health, Advocacy

Feb 22

How Can I Promote and Preserve My Mental Health?

Tade is a young Nigerian graduate who was posted to a state in a different region of the country for his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program. He was excited about traveling and exploring the new environment and culture for the 12 months duration of the NYSC. He was assigned to a secondary school as his... read more →

February 22, 2024
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Mental health, lifestyle, Health, Advocacy

Feb 15

THE RECURRING TRAGEDY OF IGNORANCE AROUND MENTAL ILLNESS

Two scenarios happened recently that clearly illustrate the costly nature of ignorance around mental illness in our society. CASE A: In 2020, a young female student and poet took her own life. According to her friends who wrote tributes about her, and her own Facebook posts, she apparently had a chaotic childhood, was sponsoring... read more →

February 15, 2024
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Mental health, lifestyle, Health, Advocacy, Project Hope

Feb 01

Tanya: A Poster Story for the Ignorance and Discrimination Against Persons with Mental Disorders in Nigeria

There is a disturbing viral video of a former award-winning national lawn-tennis champion, Tanya Okpala, a bi-racial Nigerian lady (Ukrainian Mother), with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder. Tanya was seen wandering the streets of Awka, Anambra State. In the video, she narrates her sad experience of being laughed at, called many names such as prostitute, drug user and... read more →

February 1, 2024
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Mental health, lifestyle, Health, Advocacy, Project Hope, Women's Mental Health, Youth Mental Health