{"id":64361,"date":"2025-11-19T17:46:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being"},"modified":"2025-11-19T18:14:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:14:28","slug":"basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being","title":{"rendered":"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Maseru District Medical Officer (DMO), Dr. Tilo Namane says everyone experiences mental health challenges, differing only in severity. He made these remarks during the commemoration of World Mental Health Day held in Maseru on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Namane stressed the importance of setting aside time to care for one\u2019s mental well-being, urging the public to visit health facilities for mental health screening and timely assistance.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed concern over the growing vulnerability of young people, noting that unemployment has pushed many into substance abuse as a coping mechanism, ultimately harming their lives.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted that depression is real and widespread, but many people avoid seeking help due to stigma and fear of being judged. He called on Basotho to seek support early, adding that mental health services are available and free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The Maseru District Medical Officer (DMO), Dr. Tilo Namane says everyone experiences mental health challenges, differing only in severity. He made these remarks during the commemoration of World Mental Health Day held in Maseru on Wednesday. Dr. Namane stressed the importance of setting aside time to care for one\u2019s mental well-being, urging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":64360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-64361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Maseru District Medical Officer (DMO), Dr. Tilo Namane says everyone experiences mental health challenges, differing ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Maseru District Medical Officer (DMO), Dr. Tilo Namane says everyone experiences mental health challenges, differing ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-19T17:46:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-19T18:14:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763563185.964499.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-19T17:46:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-19T18:14:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being\"},\"wordCount\":151,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763563185.964499.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being\",\"name\":\"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being - Lesotho\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763563185.964499.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-19T17:46:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-19T18:14:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Maseru District Medical Officer (DMO), Dr. Tilo Namane says everyone experiences mental health challenges, differing ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763563185.964499.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763563185.964499.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":540,\"caption\":\"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\",\"name\":\"Lesotho\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being - Lesotho","description":"The Maseru District Medical Officer (DMO), Dr. Tilo Namane says everyone experiences mental health challenges, differing ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being","og_description":"The Maseru District Medical Officer (DMO), Dr. Tilo Namane says everyone experiences mental health challenges, differing ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being","og_site_name":"Lesotho","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-11-19T17:46:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-19T18:14:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763563185.964499.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being","datePublished":"2025-11-19T17:46:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-19T18:14:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being"},"wordCount":151,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763563185.964499.jpg","keywords":["Lesotho"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being","name":"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being - Lesotho","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763563185.964499.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-19T17:46:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-19T18:14:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Maseru District Medical Officer (DMO), Dr. Tilo Namane says everyone experiences mental health challenges, differing ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763563185.964499.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1763563185.964499.jpg","width":720,"height":540,"caption":"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-prioritize-mental-health-well-being#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Basotho Urged to Prioritize Mental Health Well-Being"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/","name":"Lesotho","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}