14 Oct Celebrating the World Mental Health Day
On October 10th, the World Mental Health Day is celebrated around the planet, and we wanted to join and organize something....
02 Oct Our doors open again for admissions.
The doors of our Maria Josefa Recio Unit at the Saint Benedict Menni Health Center are open again for patients´ admission.
12 Sep Summer activity constrained by coronavirus
Despite Covid-19, the Mental Health Unit at Saint Benedict Menni Health Center has kept on working hard during Summer. Nevertheless, new admissions and meetings with families have been cancelled until further notice. Currently, there are 10 patients at the Maria Josefa Recio Unit and usual activities...
01 Sep Meet Maca, psychologist and volunteer
“It is difficult when they don’t accept psychological help” Macarena Aspiunza is a psychologist who works at Aita Menni Hospital in Spain and collaborates with We Are Like You as a volunteer. For the last four years, she has travelled regularly to Liberia to assist with...
05 May Meet Emanda, our music therapist
Emmanuel Smith, "Emanda", is a Liberian musician in charge of the music therapy workshops which our patients attend two days a week at the Mental Health Unit of Saint Benedict Menni Health Center. Question.– Tell us about yourself and what you do here at Benedict Menni...
04 May Covid-19 disrupts our routine but we are tackling it
As in many countries in the World, Covid-19 virus has compelled LIberia to take preventive measures. According to official data, 155 people were infected —one third recovered— and 18 died. Before the emergence in Liberia, there was news all over the media about the widespread of...
09 Mar Our Superior attends a conference at the Provincial House in Madrid
Superior of Sisters Hospitallers in Liberia, Sr Florence Adevor, attended in February a conference of the Congregation in the Provincial House in Madrid, Spain. This was held from 18th to the 20th, where they departed. This conference was scheduled for 35 Superiors of the houses in Spain and England. They were taking through many topics on new technics for government of the Communities under the Hospitality charisma.
09 Mar Four new patients and two readmissions in February
Four patients referred from E. S. Grant Mental Hospital were admitted in the Mental Health Unit at St Benedict Menni Health Center past February. There was one discharge, two patients had some days off at home as a previous stage before their coming discharge and two former patients were re-admitted. We currently have eighteen patients on hand.
01 Mar Meet Marta, our first psychiatrist
Marta Menéndez is a Spanish psychiatrist who spent one year working at St Benedict Menni Mental Health Center. One year after going back to Spain, she returned to visit the centre. She also participated in a talk about mental health at the community college. Question.– Can you tell us what you have done since working in the Step-Down unit?
05 Feb Two new women join our family at the Saint Benedict Menni Mental Health Center
Maria Josefa Recio Mental Health Unit welcomed 2 new patients and discharged other 2 during January. Our rehabilitation Unit shelters 17 women at this moment, and the total amount of patients who have benefitted from our care facility is of 94. Fifty-two patients reported for follow-up last...