Globally there have been attentions on the issue of mental health which has taken a deep toll on the wellbeing and wellness of African populace due to neglect. Mental health repercussion comes with a big price to pay, it affects social interactions among peers and often time reeled such person to find comfort in liquor which is another dangerous channel which posed great threat to mental health. While mental health can come in two limbs- natural mental infirmity and mental tiredness, the second limb will be the area of attention to address mental exhaustiveness and stress facing unending challenges in life.
It is an important focus to bring to the notice of African people, which has really taken a toll due to the neglect, it is practical and often rife to find an average African person when going through mental stress and tiredness result to uncontrollable drinking of alcohol to forget the situation which has put him in such state, making himself very vulnerable to be destroyed, while average African woman would prefer to live with trauma and sad experience which has tormented her over the years than opening to find solutions, this is the practical study of development of mental health in Africa and its neglect which is down to many factors.
Mental health is the least most discussed topic in African governmental policies there have been no proper awareness championed by the governments of various countries to educate the masses on the issue of mental health, it is an urgent attention in Africa. In the field of medicine Africa has low turnout on experts to treat mental health, psychiatrists and psychologists are needed in Africa, to create atmosphere for people to interact and talk about mental health without fear of unknown, it will further address relevant remedies in the cure of mental health.
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For all round sustainability Africa needs to be at the forefront of championing of healthcare system, health sector is in moribund condition in Africa, this is very obvious to the extent that presidents of African countries seek medical care outside the continent, it is about saving lives and another things is to have right equipment to do that. This is one of the major sectors which African countries have neglected and the masses have also lost their faith in it, low quality service to life is rife in African hospitals and it has continued to be like that prioritizing mental health will prove significant improvements.
Everyone needs mental health care to help growth socially and mental approach to it, depression and anxiety over time has gotten the best of many people stretching them to the extent of not discovery who they are again. Revival and rehabilitation is possible with right campaign and awareness people will find better atmosphere opening up about their mental health challenges without being hunted and traumatized about it and trusting the process for healing to build back the losses of days of low moments.
