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Mental Health

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Mental health refers to our cognitive, behavioural, and emotional wellbeing – it is all about how we think, feel, and behave.

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Mental Health Care For People Living With HIV

  • June 18, 2021
  • Aggrey Omboki
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Mental health should be integrated into Kenya’s HIV management programs. The struggle for people living with HIV is multifaceted. Support with mental care is one way of plugging into a gaping gap.
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  • 3 min
  • Covid-19
  • Mental Health

HOW CORONAVIRUS IS AFFECTING MENTAL HEALTH

  • April 19, 2020
  • Mercie Tyra Murengu
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There is no doubt the coronavirus is affecting peoples mental health. Such is the case for disease outbreaks like coronavirus. This period can be scary and the anxiety surrounding the…
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  • 3 min
  • Mental Health

IS TALKING TO YOURSELF A MENTAL ILLNESS

  • January 29, 2020
  • Mercie Tyra Murengu
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“It’s not an irrational thing to do.  Talking to yourself makes one remember events that have happened, however, right words need to be used for this to work” Beatrice Musimbi,…
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  • 3 min
  • Mental Health

How Does HIV Impact On Mental Health In The Family

  • January 14, 2020
  • Mercie Tyra Murengu
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There has been a tremendous improvement in reducing the number of new HIV infections. But as the milestones are celebrated, there is now the question about the people who are…
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  • 3 min
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Why Mental Health In Kenya Matters

  • November 23, 2019
  • Mercie Tyra Murengu
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Data speaks volumes. It is for this reason that mental health in Kenya matters. A lot. According to WHO statistics, Kenya ranks 6th in Africa with about 1.9 million people…
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  • Mental Health

Is Social Media affecting Young People Psychologically?

  • September 4, 2019
  • Muchira Gachenge
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Addiction to social media is a growing concern. Tame yours. Photo Courtesy Photo by Merakist on Unsplash Tumblr, Tinder. Facebook. Instagram. Twitter. Sasai. WhatsApp. The list of social networking sites…
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  • 3 min
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  • Mental Health

How To Know You Are Abusing Drugs

  • July 9, 2019
  • Mercie Tyra Murengu
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Drug abuse in Kenya is now bordering on becoming a catastrophe. But how do you know you are abusing drugs? Substance abuse refers to the harmful or hazardous use of…
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Manage stress, live life
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  • Mental Health

Managing Stress Is A Health Goal

  • April 27, 2019
  • Muchira Gachenge
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A job that doesn’t pay you enough. Relatives, family who won’t give you a break and now the traffic jam makes you have anxiety. Managing stress is a health goal.…
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Depression is real
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  • 4 min
  • Mental Health

When Life Hands You A Lemon and You Cannot Make Lemonade; Depression is Real

  • April 22, 2019
  • Morris Makabe
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You have heard it often said when life hands you a lemon then make lemonade. But what happens to those of us who are handed lemons and cannot make lemonade?…
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Once stigmatized, Twice depressed and Thrice?

  • April 7, 2019
  • Muchira Gachenge
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Mental health is one of those health topics that I wish were an everyday issue of discussion gaining support from the pulpits and newsrooms. Perhaps because I have seen far…
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