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Current state of the literature on mental health in Liberia: A …

(3 days ago) WEBStudies reveal untreated mental health problems amongst Liberians, which affect both well-being and quality of life. 3 Much of Liberia’s health infrastructure, including mental health services, was severely impacted in past conflict, and significant …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670006/

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Mental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Liberia

(4 days ago) WEBMental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Liberia. 15 April 2022. Technical document. Download (593 kB)

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/mental-health-atlas-lbr-2020-country-profile

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Mental Health in Liberia - Carter Center

(8 days ago) WEBnational mental health law, assisting Liberia’s Ministry of Health in implementing the national mental health policy and plan, reducing stigma, and empowering family …

https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/health/mental_health/mh-brochure-liberia.pdf

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MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR LIBERIA …

(3 days ago) WEBLiberia is situated on the west coast of Africa, bounded by Guinea in the North, Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) in the East, Sierra Leone in the West, and the Atlantic Ocean in the …

https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2017-06/Mental%20Health%20Policy%20and%20Strategic%20Plan%20for%20Liberia%202016%20-%202021%20.pdf

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Closing the Mental Health Treatment Gap through the …

(3 days ago) WEBNational Mental Health Policy. In 2009, the first Liberian National Mental Health Policy was developed to “address the mental health needs of all Liberians through high …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6715311/

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Strengthening Mental Health and Psychosocial Support …

(2 days ago) WEBThe burden of mental, neurological, and substance abuse (MNS) disorders in Liberia stems in part from the layered effects of civil war, pandemic health crises (Ebola in 2014-15 and currently COVID …

https://www.acceleratehss.org/2020/12/15/strengthening-mental-health-and-psychosocial-support-services-in-liberia-through-co-creation-and-collaboration/

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Culture and mental health in Liberia - World Health Organization …

(5 days ago) WEBOverview. This primer to “Culture and Mental Health in Liberia” has been designed to provide to interested agencies and practitioners an accessible summary of …

https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/culture-and-mental-health-in-liberia

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Liberia’s Growing Mental Health Workforce Gives Greater Access …

(2 days ago) WEBThese graduates are trained through a collaboration between The Carter Center Mental Health Program in Liberia and the Liberian government to improve …

https://reliefweb.int/report/liberia/liberia-s-growing-mental-health-workforce-gives-greater-access-youth-and-young-adults

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Current state of the literature on mental health in Liberia-A

(Just Now) WEBStudies reveal untreated mental health problems amongst Liberians, which affect. both well-being and quality of life. Much of Liberia’s health infrastructure, …

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344884086_Current_state_of_the_literature_on_mental_health_in_Liberia-A_systematic_review

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Development of Mental Health Services in Liberia - Carter …

(6 days ago) WEBBrandon Korht. Development of Mental Health Services in Liberia. The Carter Center One Copenhill 453 Freedom Parkway Atlanta, GA 30307 Phone: (404) 420-5100 Fax: (404) …

https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/factsheets/mental-health-liberia-facts.pdf

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Towards a better understanding of attitudes and beliefs held by

(3 days ago) WEBMental illness, social factors, and healthcare access were important problems in Liberia. Mental health problems blended local cultural beliefs with Westernized nosology and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8843300/

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Healing the psychological scars crippling Liberia in the wake of

(4 days ago) WEBThe creator of the "Hour of Mental Health" radio show, the first of its kind in Liberia, is 32-year-old year-old Aaron Debah, a registered nurse and teacher at a local …

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/healing-psychological-scars-crippling-liberia-wake-civil-war

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Liberia Plans to Strengthen Mental Health - WHO

(8 days ago) WEBSo, with a population of about four million, Liberia is estimated to have over 400,000 people with some form of mental disorders and about 130,000 may suffer from …

https://www.afro.who.int/news/liberia-plans-strengthen-mental-health

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Culture and Mental Health in Liberia: A Primer 2017

(8 days ago) WEBmental health and psychosocial support will change in the near future in the context of shifting trends. This report, however, should give interested agencies and practitioners a …

https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1083955/retrieve

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Mental Health Policy and Strategic Plan for Liberia 2016 - 2021

(5 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) is building a better future for people everywhere. Health lays the foundation for vibrant and productive communities, stronger economies, …

https://www.afro.who.int/publications/mental-health-policy-and-strategic-plan-liberia-2016-2021

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Liberia - The Carter Center

(1 days ago) WEBActivities in Liberia support the program’s strategic goals, including: 1. Workforce Sustainability: Supporting the development of a self-sustaining system for training, …

https://www.cartercenter.org/countries/liberia.html

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REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH POLICY

(3 days ago) WEBthe mental health needs of our people to an alarming extent. The Government of Liberia recognizes that mental health is an important element of general well being. It also …

http://digitallibrary.moh.gov.lr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/National-Mental-Health-Policy.pdf

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Culture and Mental Health in Liberia: A Primer - JSTOR

(Just Now) WEBCulture and Mental Health in Liberia: A Primer 21 humanitarian health services have been made available to offset limited public health sector services. In Nimba County, a …

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep28023.7.pdf

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Restore Hope: Liberia

(5 days ago) WEBIn Liberia, women's land rights are constrained by gender biases, but the 2018 Land Rights Act is a positive development. Restore Hope Liberia is tackling mental health issues in …

https://www.restorehopeliberia.org/

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Reviving health care in Liberia - The Lancet

(3 days ago) WEBIn 2007, the Liberian Demographic and Health Survey found that almost half of women aged 15–49 years had experienced physical violence, with husbands and …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60711-X/fulltext

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Releases Liberia’s First Mental Health …

(2 days ago) WEBThe bill, signed by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, establishes, for the first time, oversight of mental health care through the Ministry of Health and creates a …

https://frontpageafricaonline.com/health/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-releases-liberia-s-first-mental-health-act/

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Liberia: Rebecca Blamo's Mental Health Awareness and Well-being …

(7 days ago) WEBPaynesville – The Rebecca Blamo Mental Health Awareness organization concluded a three-day workshop on trauma, mental health awareness, and related …

https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-rebecca-blamos-mental-health-awareness-and-well-being-ends-three-day-intensive-trauma-awareness-workshop-in-paynesville/

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inform Echo thumbnail - ICAP at Columbia University

(4 days ago) WEBSince the study began, initial findings revealed a high prevalence of mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder among …

https://icap.columbia.edu/tools_resources/evaluacion-de-la-implementacion-del-proyecto-echo/inform-echo-thumbnail/

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Mental Health Awareness is Backfiring on Teens - The New York …

(1 days ago) WEBMedical groups declaring a “national emergency.”. The surgeon general calling for an “all of society” response to a “devastating” mental health crisis among …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/opinion/mental-health-awareness.html

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E.S. Grant Mental Health Hospital in Liberia: striving to help people

(9 days ago) WEB1 / 9. WHO/A. Brunier. The E.S. Grant mental health hospital in Monrovia is the only mental health hospital in Liberia. It has capacity for 80 inpatients, and provides …

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/e-s-grant-mental-health-hospital-in-liberia-striving-to-help-people-with-mental-illness-get-well

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Psychiatry in Sierra Leone, Part I: Inside the Movement to …

(5 days ago) WEBAmong the newest renovations: a child and adolescent mental health facility, staffed primarily by two psychiatry residents, Abibatu Jalloh and Elizabeth Allieu, …

https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/psychiatry-sierra-leone-part-i-inside-movement-transform-mental-health

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Why are girls suffering so much right now? The problem is bigger …

(6 days ago) WEBMental health, as a field, largely continues to pursue a gender-blind approach to the understanding and treatment of most mental ill-health conditions, with little …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-20/mental-health-teenage-girls/103816056

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How teens view social media’s impact on their mental health

(9 days ago) WEBAd Feedback. “Most conversations and headlines surrounding social media and youth mental (health) focus solely on the harms, portraying young people as …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/21/health/teen-social-media-mental-health-wellness/index.html

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Peru classifies transgender identities as 'mental health problems' …

(1 days ago) WEBMay 20, 2024, 8:47 AM PDT. By Joe Kottke. LGBTQ advocates in Peru protested in the capital city of Lima last week after the Health Ministry issued a new law …

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/peru-classifies-transgender-identities-mental-health-problems-new-law-rcna152936

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Online bullying and playground taunts can lead to teen mental …

(4 days ago) WEB"These mental health issues that appear in adolescence, they don't just happen overnight. Usually there's been precursors through the early childhood years," …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-26/teenage-cyber-bullying-mental-health-concerns/103803092

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Increasing rates of teen sexual assault could be contributing to …

(1 days ago) WEBResearchers say there are clear links between the trauma of sexual assault and mental health issues which often first emerge in adolescence, with ABS data …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-23/teen-sexual-assault-mental-health-problems/103873228

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Mental health: Chatham barber training others to spot issues - BBC

(6 days ago) WEBTraining barbers to spot mental health issues. A Kent-based barber, who used to suffer from severe anxiety, is organising training for other barbers on how to …

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg66qzlppgpo

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Cambridgeshire mental health staff fears over number needing …

(6 days ago) WEBMental health staff have raised concerns to NHS leaders about the growing number of people needing their help in a county. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough …

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czqqj69z5pxo

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As mental health issues plague community, Asian Americans fight …

(2 days ago) WEBAccording to a 2020 American Psychological Association report, 84% of the psychology workforce is white, while Asians comprise just 4%. That means Asian …

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/10/asian-american-community-mental-health-stigma/73590929007/

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PGA Tour’s Jay Monahan, Grayson Murray talked about mental …

(8 days ago) WEBFORT WORTH, Texas — After Grayson Murray called out the PGA Tour via social media in 2021, saying he hadn’t been given enough support through bouts with …

https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2024/05/25/grayson-murray-mental-health-issues-pga-tour-jay-monahan/

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Ahren Stringer to Sit Out The Amity Affliction North American …

(4 days ago) WEBAustralian post-hardcore greats The Amity Affliction will be down a man for the rest of their North American tour. The band announced on Instagram yesterday that the …

https://www.metalsucks.net/2024/05/25/ahren-stringer-to-sit-out-the-amity-affliction-north-american-tour-to-focus-on-mental-health-and-addiction-recovery/

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