Dealing with depression the StrongMinds way
By Fergal Byrne of the Pioneers Post Statistics show that between 76% and 85% of people with severe mental disorder in low and middle-income countries receive no…
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In Africa, gap between need and funding of mental health is huge
This was originally published on Global Health TV on June 29, 2015. Sean Mayberry has spent his entire life surrounded by mental illness. As a…
Solving the Depression Epidemic in Africa | Sean Mayberry | TEDxCulverCity
Global healthcare advocate and activist, Sean Mayberry addresses a silent epidemic affecting hundreds of millions Africans, Depression. In a society that attaches stigma to mental…
Inspiring Social Entrepreneurs
Episode 34 Interview with Sean Mayberry, CEO of Strong Minds Sean Mayberry is the CEO of Strong Minds an organisation that provide access to mental…
TEDx Debuts at Maplewood Library with ‘Depression in Africa: Why Should We Care?’
By The Village Green NJ of Maplewood & South Orange We’ve all watched those TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) talks on YouTube, with big names from Bill Gates to Monica Lewinsky…
Depression in Developing Countries
BY SREEJA KODALI for YALE GLOBAL HEALTH REVIEW Worldwide Prevalence of Diagnosed Clinical Depression. Source: Max Fisher, Washington Post In his book The Noonday Demon:…
Get Happy, Get Rich: The Relationship Between Depression and Poverty
Originally published by Foreign Affairs on April 21, 2015. By: Catherine Thomas and Johannes Haushofer Depression, which the World Health Organization calls “the leading cause…
A Depression-Fighting Strategy That Could Go Viral
A Depression-Fighting Strategy That Could Go Viral By Tina Rosenberg, New York Times, December 4, 2014 When Ebola ends, the people who have suffered, who…
2014 Results
To date, we have successfully treated 514 women in our therapy groups! Our team of trained and certified mental health facilitators use group interpersonal psychotherapy…
Healing Liberia’s psychological scars after civil war
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