The Community Based Training 4 Action is a community based mental health capacity development strategy designed to build a responsive base of non-specialist carers. This is also in line with [...]
The Lagos Lifeline is a digital platform that provides access to mental health counselling and psychosocial support to Lagosians. The program involves the use of telepsychiatry, available 24hours to provide [...]
The Lagos State Employee Wellness Centre is an out-patient mental health and social care service for employees of the Lagos State Civil Service. The centre was established to create an [...]
Compelling studies have raised significant issues that show the importance of implementing mental health interventions early in a child’s life. For example, significant proportion of all mental health disorders begin [...]
A global estimate by WHO indicates that about 10% of women suffer from depression during pregnancy, while about 13% of women experience depression after childbirth. This goes on to affect [...]
In the context of Lagos State’s efforts to develop and implement health policies and programmes, priority is placed not only on the needs of persons with defined mental disorders, but [...]
In 2011, The Ministry of Health established a Mental Health Advisory/Stakeholders’ Group to conduct a situation analysis, proffer innovative solutions and map out an implementation plan for reducing the burden [...]
In 2011, The Ministry of Health established a Mental Health Advisory/Stakeholders’ Group to conduct a situation analysis, proffer innovative solutions and map out an implementation plan for reducing the burden [...]