Mental Health Africa | Treating Depression In Women

1 in 4 African Women Suffer From Depression

85% have no access to treatment and whole communities are affected.

The Need

How Our Programs Work

Group talk therapy for depression ends the isolation and stigma for women in Africa.

Our Model

End the Silent Epidemic

Help us treat 2 million African women with depression by 2025.

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STRONGMINDS: TREATING DEPRESSION AT SCALE IN AFRICA

Treated for Depression by StrongMinds

Currently in Talk Therapy Groups

Trained Peer Facilitators

Depression Free at Conclusion of Treatment

Depression Free 6-months Post Treatment

Decrease in Unemployment

OUR GOAL: TREAT 2 MILLION BY 2025

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.

The Methodology

StrongMinds uses its own unique depression intervention, which is based on Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy. The StrongMinds approach is a low-cost, proven methodology that has reduced depression symptoms for over 80% of the women treated in Uganda. We have helped thousands African women, and by extension their families, get back their lives.

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The New York Times called the work of StrongMinds

“A Depression Fighting Strategy That Could Go Viral”

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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.