Often times, our state of health depends on what we consume through the media, and what we are surrounded by. Our phones have become a significant part of our day and it is important to know how to engage with [...]
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Posts archive for 2022
Improving Your Mental Health
Exercise: Being active is a good way of boosting one’s mood and reducing stress. Engage in 15 minutes of exercise 4-5 times a week Procrastination: Set realistic goals, and break big goals into smaller achievable tasks. Focus on what you [...]
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Controlling Anxiety Towards Change
Change is a constant and an inevitable part of life. The uncertainties that come with change can be triggers for those struggling with anxiety. They can also cause anxious feelings in people who are not experiencing anxiety. Changes could be [...]
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Boosting Your Self-Esteem
Everyone struggles with maintaining healthy self-esteem at one point or the other. In fact, self-esteem is ever-changing throughout life and as such, it may be at an all-time high at some time, and take a dip at other times. Having [...]
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Challenging Wrong Perceptions
Just Because Someone is struggling Doesn't mean They are failing Just Because Someone made a mistake Doesn't mean They’re bad or incapable Just Because You saw it on social media Doesn't mean It’s true Just Because Someone [...]
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Community Based Training 4 Action CBT4A
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 Task Shifting/Task Sharing Policy of the Lagos State Ministry [...]
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Lagos Lifeline
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 access to information, counselling services, referrals, and networking to other [...]
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The Lagos State Employee Wellness Center (LASWELL)
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 integrated, evidence-based, recovery-oriented service delivery model that promotes resilience and [...]
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School Mental Health Awareness and Prevention Services (SchoolMAPS)
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 by age 14; 1 in 6 children below the age [...]
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Maternal Mental Health Program
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 the attachment between mother and child – an essential factor [...]
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