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Learned helplessness:

Learned helplessness:

When one believes that one’s own action has no affect what so ever, on changing one’s destiny and therefore, there is no point of even trying to escape from the unpleasant situation, then one is said to be in a state of learned helplessness. In this state, one believes that events and experiences   are uncontrollable; therefore, there is no relationship between action and outcome. The concept of learned helplessness is defined as the belief that one’s actions have no influence on the outcome of an ...

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With the right medication and good support system. It is possible to lead a normal and productive life.


This is the story of a young brave girl on her way to recovery.
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The importance of Accountability in Mental Health. By: Saeed A Elmi.

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Chaining patients to a wall is unacceptable, in humane and un-necessary

Chaining patients to a wall is unacceptable, in humane and un-necessary

Still Chaining Patients: there are alternatives to Chaining.

By, Saeed A Elmi


Imagine you are being chained to a wall in a psychiatric hospital, in a small room, without electricity or running water. Imagine that you were told you are mentally ill, and yet no one ever properly diagnosed you ...

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)


Posttraumatic disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental illness that results from the extreme exposure to a life-threatening situation, or being a witness to an event that involves trauma, death, or a threat to one’s physical integrity. Some examples of extreme traumatic events that took place in the 20th century ...

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Understanding Mental Illness

Mental illness also known as mental disorder is a term used to describe group of disorders that affect one’s ability to think and process information. The World health ...

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Rebuilding Hargeisa Mental Health Care

The collapse of the Somali government in 1991, the lack of central government capable of rebuilding the destroyed infrastructure complicates the matter and the anarchy followed after the collapse of the state left Somalia without any health care facilities. Although, the rest of the country is still in turmoil, the Northern Somalia known as Somaliland, in 1991 after the collapse of the Somali state succeeded from the rest of Somalia. Since then, Somaliland has enjoyed peace and prosperity even though no government in the world recognized Somaliland as ...

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