Mental Health
Today, we focus on providing you information on how one can overcome depression at campus.
When you wake up in the morning, the first thing you probably do is give thanks to your God for passing through the night while you are still alive, after that you consequently take a shower next. Both of these actions assure that you are spiritually upright and also result into good personal hygiene.
However, quite often we have forgotten that our mind also needs to be in great shape to enable us function normally, without awareness on how to ensure this, people often end up on the extremes for example the student mentioned in the quote above.
On the 8th of October 2019, we conducted a survey to analyse the level of awareness about mental health at Makerere university, armed with smartphones, a group of 10 students combed several sample colleges namely Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), Business and Management Sciences (COBAMS) and computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS), to collect student responses about Mental health. The results are disheartening.
According to experts, Signs and symptoms of mental illness can vary, depending on the condition, circumstances and other factors. Mental illness symptoms can affect emotions, thoughts and behaviours.
Examples of signs and symptoms include:
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