The MindMe Initiative

A video on how to manage your mental health during this period of Quarantine/lockdown/pandemic. Grateful to our partners Psych Hub for the video.

Kindly share with friends and loved ones🤗🙏❤.

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COVID-19: Tips for Managing Social Isolation

Have you been anxious lately about the Corona Virus Pandemic? Are you nervous about the news and numbers? Kindly call these numbers Mental Health Authority and they can be really really Helpful.
Remember the Wellbeing of your mind is as important as your physical health🤗🙏🏽

MMI 101 : Myths and Misconceptions about mental Health

People with Mental Health Challenges can live a very normal and productive life. There is very little evidence and statistics to generalize that persons with mental illnesses are violent. It is important that facts are separated from misconceptions/myths with regards to mental health so as to help tackle the stigma attached to it. Persons with mental health challenges can be active, helpful, kind, and productive members in our community.

MMI101: The trilogic approach to Mental Illness.

The aetiology/causative factors of mental disorders are multifaceted, involving complex interactions between a number of factors. The composite interactivity between the host (genetics), agent (drugs) and environmental factors (stress) largely leads to mental health disorders.

Let’s talk about the host factors today.

Hosts are persons with mental health disorders. The host factors are characteristics of a person that makes him or her susceptible to or resistant to a mental health condition. They comprise of all features of an individual making them liable to move to the severe symptoms of mental illness of the mental health spectrum. The characteristics may include genetic makeup of the person, age, s*x, constitution-physique (pyknic, asthenic, athletic), premorbid personality (schizoid, paranoid). Host factors are also known as The predisposing factors.