Mental Health: US-Based Cameroonian Therapist To Offer Free Treatment
A week hardly goes by without news of
violence, aggressions or other forms of
mental disorder reported in
Cameroon. Memories are still fresh of a college student who stabbed his teacher to death in Government High School Nkolbison in Yaounde and many other cases abound around the country.
Drug and alcohol abuse is increasingly getting rampant in different age groups and sectors in Cameroon. Lire aussi : Fête du travail : de la réflexion au menu
“Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health Disorders have increased student violence and aggression in schools. It continues to get worse, rampant and the situation dire; our communities and children are being lost to drugs, alcohol and undiagnosed or misunderstood mental health issues…,” says
Mental Health : US-Based Cameroonian Therapist To Offer Free Treatment
Be The Exception Counseling Foundation through which the free treatment will be rendered will be launched in Cameroon in July to cater for the underprivileged and low-income families.
A week hardly goes by without news of violence, aggressions or other forms of mental disorder reported in Cameroon. Memories are still fresh of a college student who stabbed his teacher to death in Government High School Nkolbison in Yaounde and many other cases abound around the country. Drug and alcohol abuse is increasingly getting rampant in different age groups and sectors in Cameroon. “Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health Disorders have increased student violence and aggression in schools. It continues to get worse, rampant and the situation dire; our communities and children are being lost to drugs, alcohol and undiagnosed or misunderstood mental health issues…,” says Therese Shalo-Fuh, a US-based Cameroonian
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The STARR Coalition, a non-profit dedicated to advancing mental health research, today announced a National Call to Action to Support Mental Health Research in partnership with biopharmaceutical research leaders, clinical investigators, and advocacy organizations focused on treating unmet mental health needs.
National Call to Action to Support Mental Health Research Mental Health Disorders have long been a neglected area for medical research, unlike other well-funded research for diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes, which has led to many life-saving medical advances, said Luke Kramer, Executive Director of The STARR Coalition. Mental illness can be just as devastating and individuals living with these illnesses too often suffer in silence. More
A dated photo of Farhan Towhid (2nd L); his brother, Tanvir Towhid (L); his father, Towhidul Islam (C); his mother, Iren Islam (R); and his twin sister, Farbin Towhid. | Bangladesh Association of North Texas
Farhan Towhid, a chronically depressed 19-year-old Texan who formed a murder-suicide pact with his older brother and killed their parents, sister and grandmother over the weekend, was raised in a religious Muslim family but acted against his faith, according to Hasmat Mobin, president of the Bangladesh Association of North Texas.
“He was a . religious person. He used to go to mosque. He used to go up to different places. His father used to take him. In the ninth grade, his problems [with depression] started,” Mobin, who believes the strain of the COVID-19 pandemic on Farhan’s mental health could also have played a role, explained to The Christian Post on Tuesday.