Investing in mental health may be the most cost-effective way to improve human well-being. This news comes from a report recently released by the Happier Lives Institute (HLI), entitled Happiness for the Whole Family, which concluded that mental health support provides greater long-term benefits to recipients and their household members than a direct cash transfer. HLI…
Building on our successes scaling through teletherapy during the pandemic, StrongMinds has now integrated phone-based technology throughout our operations, enhancing our ability to identify and treat individuals with depression, even as our in-person therapy operations resume. We continue to offer a pathway to depression screenings through *252, a short-code phone number in Uganda, and WhatsApp…
In 2022, Australian endurance athlete Jack Thompson will ride 1 million meters of elevation – two and a half times the height of the International Space Station to raise €1 million (~USD 1.1 million) for four worldwide charities. StrongMinds has been selected as one of the beneficiaries of this fundraiser. Jack will cycle up the…
A new scientific brief from the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25%. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called this “a wake-up call to all countries to pay more attention to mental health and do a…
Your browser does not support the audio element. Elizabeth (47) lives in Lusaka and is among our first cohort of Peer Facilitators in Zambia. When she joined a StrongMinds therapy group in 2019, grief over the loss of her children had spiraled into depression. “I just wanted to sit all alone. My hands would feel…
Maplewood, NJ – December 9, 2021- Mental health NGO StrongMinds has appointed Peter Okwi as its new Chief Operating Officer and Christina Ntulo as Country Director of StrongMinds Uganda. These appointments are part of a larger move to shift the organization’s global leadership to Uganda and Zambia, with the US office providing fundraising, marketing, and…
Belgian designer Clio Goldbrenner has partnered with StrongMinds and EPIC to launch a new bag collection in support of mental health for women in sub-Saharan Africa. The capsule collection includes two Clio Mini pouches, embossed with the words “Strong” and “Positive.” All proceeds will go to StrongMinds to improve access to mental health services for low-income women…
With deep sorrow, the StrongMinds team mourns the loss of Hope Busingye, who passed away on September 18th, 2021. Hope was one of the first people hired at StrongMinds to lead counseling groups, drawing upon her years of experience in medical nursing and community healthcare. She helped establish our deep roots in Uganda and eventually…
StrongMinds has reached a new milestone: we have now treated depression in more than 100,000 women and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa and changed the lives of their 400,000 dependents and family members. This milestone comes as the third wave of COVID-19 has caused unprecedented mental health impacts to many vulnerable African communities. The benefits of depression treatment…
Psychology Today talks to Tina Ntulo about the impact of depression stigma on women in Uganda, and what StrongMinds is doing to combat misinformation and reframe the conversation about depression in the communities we serve.