Anxiety disorders are a form of mental health disorder. If you have an anxiety disorder, you may react with fear...
A person is said to have a stigma if they are viewed in an unfavorable manner by another person due...
When you are planning to have a baby, it can be a thrilling and challenging time in your life. If...
The experiences of childhood affect both the brain's architecture as well as the formation of their mental health throughout life....
For Mental Health: Written by Jolaade Olatunbosun Every day, I try to find how to stay alive. Every day, I try...
In Nigeria, issues of mental health and its awareness is spreading fast. In the past, naked or half-clothed individuals who roamed the streets or cities formed the perception of mental illness in Nigeria, as these persons were referred to as lunatics because they lived and ate garbage from the streets. Moreover, people widely believed that their condition was incurable; therefore, leading to a lack of adequate treatment.
World Health Organization states that mental health is an essential component of health, as it is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This definition implies that mental health is critical to a person’s ability to think, operate and interact with his environment, earn a living and enjoy life.
Heartbreaks are essentially an interesting phenomenon, not necessarily the term you were expecting, but isn’t it? Love is a beautiful thing when feelings are mutual between two parties. Still, unfortunately, both parties may make commitments that no longer meet up, resulting in mutual or non-mutual separation. However the case may be, breakups hurt. We often describe the gushing sensation of a breakup as the “state of being broken-hearted” because, indeed, the heart is breaking (though not physically).