There are three contributors to mental illness and each has its own form of treatment. These contributors include Biological, Psychological, and Social which were written about in-depth in the Causes of mental illness and their diagnosis technique. Below are the treatment measures to use. So, for Biological factors treatments, they are traditionally divided into four…
Understanding Mental Illness
We are still in the month of October which is filled with a focus on mental health education and depression awareness, I have decided to post back-to-back blogs about this. This is because there is a need to create more awareness. Also, because this particular topic is close to my heart. Evidence can be found…
#HearMyHeart: Dissociative identity disorder
…. this is a continuation of a blog I wrote last year about a mental disorder called Rage under the Uganda Blog Community (@Ugbloc) theme #HearMyHeart. She sat there and looked at me for what felt to be too long but was only 5 minutes. I think she was studying me. Checking out my reactions…
#ugblogweek Day5: The Difference between Sadness and Depression
Not that mental health month didn’t have enough focus on these issues, but I thought I would highlight some thing we might have missed that we all tend to confuse. Sadness is different from depression! ‘Sadness—we are all familiar with it. Taylor Swift has made a career writing songs that tap into this emotion. Yet,…
#HearMyHeart : Rage Part 1
The anger builds up and the outbursts are rampant. Even a simple ‘how are you?’ sets you off.
#HearMyHeart : Depression
“People think depression is sadness, crying or dressing in black. But people are wrong. Depression is the constant feeling of being numb. You wake up in the morning just to go back to bed again.”