Professionals attribute rising levels of mental sickness in Kenya to ‘masculinity barriers’ and unemployment
Clinician Tatuli Simwa said the county has made a conscious effort to build mental health capacity at the grassroots level, noting that all health facilities have trained healthcare workers, who can detect early warning signs of mental illness.
Kisumu poet’s recovery from depression offers peek into burden of mental disorder among Kenyan men
According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), men account for 56.9 per cent of diagnosed mental health disorders in the country and more than three-quarters of suicide cases
Mental health patent goes on rampage in Vihiga and stabs three people, among them area chief
According to Acting North Maragoli Chief Kenneth Ndagala the accused, Boge Odera, attacked the Assistant Chief of Kigama Sub-Location Maurice Mbarani with a knife. He stabbed him on the hands and face.
Psychiatric drugging of children: How we are systematically harming children while calling it care
If you are a young person who was drugged into compliance and told there was something fundamentally wrong with you, I want you to hear this: There was not. There is not. You were a human being having a human experience within a system that profits from your suffering.
