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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Makerere University has partnered with two American universities and the Ministry of Health to conduct a 5-year study aimed at addressing social drivers of mental illness in the country.<\/p>\n

Cases of mental health conditions have been on the rise in the country, with reported numbers shooting up from 491,013 in the financial year 2019\/2020 to 550,373 in the financial year 2020\/2021, according to government statistics.<\/p>\n

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Pay more attention to mental health<\/p>\n

Addressing journalists today in Kampala, Prof Monica Swahn, one of the lead researchers from America\u2019s Kennesaw State University, said they will determine the link between place and mental health among young women who live in the slums of Kampala.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe study will determine if vocational training and women empowerment initiatives such as strengthening entrepreneurship skills will improve mental health trajectories for women in poverty,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cLow-cost training such as vocational skilling can really impact mental health trajectories for these women. If we find that it does, it\u2019s an intervention that can be scalable, it will be much easier \u2013from a government perspective, to support vocational and mental health training.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Hafsa Lukwata, the assistant commissioner in charge of mental health at the Ministry of Health, said at the event that the study will be important in addressing the root causes of mental health problems to avoid relapses.<\/p>\n

The $3.3 million (Shs11.5bn) Topowa research study was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health of America. The study will involve focus group discussions in slums, community mapping, use of sleep wearables, and saliva tests to detect and determine stress levels, according to the researchers.<\/p>\n

Associate professor Catherine Abbo, a psychiatrist and senior lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, College of Health Sciences of Makerere University, said they have witnessed worrying increases in the problem of mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur mental health is maintained by the environment we live in. if we live in an environment that is poverty-stricken, an environment where you can\u2019t go to school, you will have a higher chance of developing mental illness,\u201d she said. She is the co-investigator in the study.<\/p>\n

Ms Anna Nabulya, the deputy executive director of Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL), an organization that works in Kampala slums, told journalists that Covid-19 induced disruption of the livelihood has significantly affected the wellbeing in slums.<\/p>\n

She said many young girls who were impregnated during the prolonged closure of schools are showing worrying levels of stress and mental illnesses with many resorting to substance abuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung people are trying to survive post-Covid because for the last two years some of them have not been working because they were laid off. Those who are doing business have suffered losses and they have no capital right now and many of them are facing sexual and gender-based violence,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cThe biggest number of girls who are reporting to our centres are telling us that it was either the father, brother or uncle who impregnated them and others don\u2019t even know who impregnated them because of multiple sexual partners. All this increases mental illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mr Rogers Kasrye, the executive director of UYDEL which is also involved in the study, said many people who are enrolled in vocational training either don\u2019t complete or don\u2019t concentrate because of mental health issues.<\/p>\n

He said the government interventions will not yield many results if important mental issues within the population are not addressed.<\/p>\n

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