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Why mental health awareness is crucial for society to thrive

Depressed woman

Many, if not most Kenyans, view mental health and suicide as a minor issue.

Photo credit: Pool | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • We as Kenyans are not doing enough to spread awareness on mental health.
  • We are not using our voices to help people who have to go through mental health issues. 

Mental health is a rising issue in the society but it is not given the attention it deserves. To many people, the words: depression and anxiety do not mean much but if only we could try being a little empathetic and take our time to understand more about mental health, we could help many people around us.

Personally, over these past few months, I have done my research on mental health awareness and one thing I noticed is that we as Kenyans are not doing enough to spread awareness on mental health.