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
When madness in a nation goes unchecked, economy takes a heavy hit, mental experts tell Kenya
General Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Sanae Mausannif lauded Kenya’s leadership in mental health reform, describing the country as a model of commitment and progress in the region.
Adverse childhood experiences: Study finds Kenyan adolescents highly susceptible to mental distress
The findings also pointed to socioeconomic and family-related vulnerabilities where adolescents with only one surviving parent had 18 per cent higher adversity scores and those performing poorly in school were 15 per cent more likely to have faced adversity.
