THE SKY IS BLUE
The sky is blue? Yes indeed; the sky is blue! However, the place and time of the day will determine the relative shade of blue that you will see. I…
An Insight-filled New Year!
Dear mentally conscious reader, I welcome you to the year 2022. Less than 24 hours ago, most of us bade farewell to 2021. Personally, my subjective experience of 2021, was…
Feed Your Mind
Why do we behave the way we behave? Every human behavior is a product of learning. Learning is said to have taken place when we have been able to change/modify…
Mentally Healthy Conversations: Engaging Children
As vital as mental health is to wellbeing, lots of people still downplay the significance of promoting mental health. There is no aspect of our life and livelihood that is…
Simply “Mad” or “Mentally ill”? (Episode 3)
The frequency and (or) duration of behavior can help in the determination of the extent to which a behavior is abnormal. Some symptoms of mental illness do not occur all…
Simply “Mad” or “Mentally ill”? (Episode 2)
In the field of mental health, diagnosis of mental illness is always made following guidelines. These guidelines were never made arbitrarily but through a painstaking process of research and evidence…
Mad or Mentally ill?
The word “MAD” is a descriptive term for aberrant or strikingly deviant behavior. Such behavior might be positively or negatively distinguishable from other expected behaviors within the context of reference.…
Sleep
Typically, having a bad day is believed to be related to the “sleep experience” of the previous night. Many of us are probably familiar with the expression “…woke up from…
Anger (The Final Episode )
When the emotion of anger is allowed to control our actions, the risk of untoward outcomes is quite high. The rationality of an individual’s behavior when angry cannot be guaranteed.…
“The mental health effects of rape are multiple and difficult to predict”-Mapayi
In the second part of our conversation, Dr. Mapayi delves into the issue of rape and its effect on the mental health of victims. Happy reading! PLEACenter: Recently, there seems…