{"id":11636,"date":"2022-03-17T07:32:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T07:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/yafid-celebrates-world-mental-health-day"},"modified":"2022-03-17T07:51:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T07:51:19","slug":"yafid-celebrates-world-mental-health-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/yafid-celebrates-world-mental-health-day","title":{"rendered":"YAFID Celebrates World Mental Health Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Young Adults Fighting Depression (YAFID) celebrated World Mental Health Day on Saturday at Durham Link premises. At the occasion, the chairperson and Co-founder of YAFID \u2018Mampheng Mpheng Molefe<\/p>\n

indicated that YAFID commemorates the day through raising awareness and advocating for good mental health in the kingdom of Lesotho so that young adults can bring the change that they want and ensure that in the end, mental<\/p>\n

health is a priority for all people. According to Molefe, YAFID resumed its operations in 2018 with the aim to raise awareness and share the importance of good mental health.<\/p>\n

YAFID is mandated to act as a link between young adults struggling with mental health and the professionals like psychologists, psychiatrics and social workers .<\/p>\n

\u201cGlobal mortality statistics from World Health Organization (WHO) signifies that Lesotho<\/p>\n

is the number one country in Africa with the highest suicidal rate. This is because mental health is not a priority in our country as there are no basic<\/p>\n

services such as prevention of suicide and the stigma that goes around the topic of mental health in the country,\u201d Molefe noted. She said most people \u2013 especially<\/p>\n

the young adults \u2013 are not able to open up about their mental health struggles with their parents to find support and it has been established that some workers in<\/p>\n

the corporate world are also reluctant to go to their seniors to ask for some time off when struggling with their mental health. \u201cSo we are the ones who can<\/p>\n

ensure that the topic of mental health is no longer a stigma in the country. Mental illnesses that YAFID is focusing on other than depression include, anxiety<\/p>\n

disorder, post traumatic stress disorder and psychiatric disorder,\u201d indicated the Chairperson of YAFID. The Medical and Psychiatric Social Worker Lineo Mafa made a presentation about the<\/p>\n

state of mental health in Lesotho basically focusing on the young adults and how mental disorders affect them on a daily basis without even realizing.<\/p>\n

Among other mental disorders she talked of depression, anxiety and post traumatic disorder. She showed that the theme for the year 2020 is \u201cmental health for all\u201d<\/p>\n

and the main purpose of selecting this theme is the emergence of Covid-19, and how it affected people mentally due to an increase on the existing unemployment<\/p>\n

rate through retrenchments, hunger and death among others. \u201cMental Health determines how people handle stress, relate to others and make some choices,<\/p>\n

so when talking of depression, if a person is stressed up and that situation lasts for more than 3 weeks, that causes depression which ends up changing or affecting<\/p>\n

feelings, thinking and behavior that can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. That posed depression might result in symptoms similar to loss of<\/p>\n

appetite, unsociable, insomnia or oversleeping,\u201d Mafa said. She said anxiety is another type of mental disorder that can be unhealthy or uncontrollable to the young adults.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the common signs with unhealthy anxiety disorder may be over-fearing things that did not happen in life or that<\/p>\n

are coming about, like the fear of going to school only to fail exams or be unemployed after completing, while healthy anxiety can pose a detailed focus on something<\/p>\n

achievable like meeting own deadlines or finishing off something. Whereas post traumatic disorder mostly affects the youth with sharp minds, who tend to store negative<\/p>\n

experiences from their past life,\u201d she highlighted. YAFID Vice Chairperson (VC) Relebohile Sello in an exclusive interview with Informative Newspaper added that high unemployment rate is another critical<\/p>\n

thing which causes mental disorders among young adults in the country. \u201cSome turned out to head families at an early age, therefore facing unemployment adds<\/p>\n

to their financial strains. Others are badly frustrated by the fact that they were hopeful that after graduation, they will easily make their way to achieving their dreams, and as they compare with others who were lucky to be<\/p>\n

employed, it creates serious mental illnesses while others are eager to become entrepreneurs but are worried and acquire a dread on how to start their<\/p>\n

businesses without capital,\u201d Sello explained. This event was made successful with the presence of the following professionals; Psychologist Nathane Mokebisa, and the Clinical Neurophysiologist \u2018Mat\u0161epang Tsoako.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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