Depression is the most prevalent mental illness in the developing world. In Africa, it’s devastating: 66 million women are suffering.
The great majority have no medical services to turn to for help.
STRONGMINDS: TREATING DEPRESSION AT SCALE IN AFRICA
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OUR GOAL: TO END THE DEPRESSION EPIDEMIC IN AFRICA
From Patient to Mental Healthcare Provider
Check out this BBC World Service video featuring our Peer Therapy program in Uganda. This unique mental health program, in which former patients learn how to treat their neighbors for depression, is one of the ways we treat depression in populations that would otherwise have no access to mental health services.
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UNDERSTANDING THE NEED WITH SEAN MAYBERRY
StrongMinds’ Executive Director Sean Mayberry speaks to the devastation of depression in Africa and how StrongMinds is the only organization in Africa working to end this silent epidemic for millions of women.
StrongMinds grew from the conviction of Sean Mayberry, a former diplomat and social marketer, that mental health is often overlooked in international development with devastating results.
While living and working in Africa for nearly a decade implementing HIV/AIDS and malaria programs, Sean saw firsthand the struggles and lack of access to treatment for those suffering from mental illness and was inspired to find a solution.
