21 Sep Mental health awareness: 4 most popular myths about Alzheimer´s
September 21st is World´s Alzheimer´s Day. To raise awareness on this disease, let´s see some popular misconceptions ons this illness. ...
September 21st is World´s Alzheimer´s Day. To raise awareness on this disease, let´s see some popular misconceptions ons this illness. ...
September 21st is World´s Alzheimer´s Day. To raise awareness on this disease, let´s see some signs that can help prevent this illness. ...
The month of August has brought us a slightly higher number of new patients than usual. Five women have been admitted to our Mental Health Unit to begin treatment, to which we have added two women who had already been with us and who have...
The Government of Liberia, through the National Steering Committee for the Youth-at-Risk Program, has launched a rehabilitation program for youngsters with drug abuse disorders, in which 105 young people from Monrovia —88 males and 17 females— have voluntarily registered. The young people have been admitted to...
Music therapy session has been the all time favorite of the residents. This month has been even more fun as each client was asked to sing or dance their favorite song whiles the therapist played the instrument. This exercise was very entertaining and relaxing. Emanda, the...
Liberia became independent from de United States on July 26, 1847 and, for this reason, is a huge day for all the people of Liberia and it’s celebrated at every corner of the country. At the San Benito Menni Mental Health Center, we also celebrated this...
As part of the regular visits we make to give exposure to the activities of our mental health care center in Monrovia, we recently visited the headquarters of World Hope International. This international organization provides those in need with opportunities, dignity and hope so that they...
As part of the training activities we attend periodically, in June our coordinator and psychiatric nurse, Ato Kwamena Sagoe, attended a 9-day workshop on substance use disorders. The workshop is part of the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC), and was organised by the Ministry of Health, with...
Among our objectives is not only to care for people with mental illness, but also to educate and raise awareness of this problem in a country where there is still too much ignorance about the reality of these illnesses and, consequently, a high degree of...
As part of our public relations work with the Liberian community, on May 18, we presented our prevention and mental health care work at the Embassy of Ghana in Monrovia. A team consisting in Sisters, Program coordinator and staff of the center went to the diplomatic...