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About Mental Health

Mental Health refers to cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being. It is all about how people think, feel, and behave. People sometimes use the term “mental health” to mean the absence of a mental disorder.

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Stigma and Self-Stigma: Taking control of our recovery by Nash

Everybody talks about stigma, but what is it and how does it affect our wellbeing? Defined as a strong feeling of disapproval that most people in a society have about […]

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Improving access to mental health services in Sierra Leone

Mental health service delivery remains challenging in Sierra Leone and critical gaps in staffing mean thousands are unable to access the services they need. Steps are now being taken to […]

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Why Africa needs to start focusing on the neglected issue of mental health

  Mental health has historically been neglected on Africa’s health and development policy agenda. Faced with many challenges, including intractable poverty, infectious diseases, maternal and child mortality, as well as […]

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Resilience Support Project

Besstel organises a Support Groups for service users, their carers and families under the facilitation of its Outreach team. The Support Group is designed to provide a supportive and flexible […]

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Community Awareness and Education Project:

A key limitation within the BAME community is the pervasive lack of awareness of issues relating to mental and emotional health. These include signs of emerging conditions, coping mechanisms and […]

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Advocacy Project

Besstel runs a community advocacy project to support BAME service users who suffer or at risk of suffering from mental and emotional health problems as a result of social pressures […]

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