Mental Health

time out for children

Why Timeout is not be the best solution

Your child gets a violent outburst of anger. Goes crazy on his little sister. Strikes and kicks. Puha… I know it well, and you have certainly tried to be in a similar situation as a parent. Often. You get frustrated…
Fixing Uganda’s mental healthcare

Fixing Uganda’s mental healthcare

FLAVIA NASSAKA March 19, 2019 Health, In The Magazine, Interview, Society catergory Haruna Nyanzi Bujirita is an Addictionologist and consultant in Child and Adolescents Mental Health. He is also CEO of MetroHealth International that’s setting up the country’s first private mental hospital in Ttula-Kawempe…
How mental illness ravages city slums

How mental illness ravages city slums

Jennifer Nataka Mental illness rarely gets a burst of serious national attention in Uganda. The norm dictates that suspected patients must seek first-line treatment in form of psychological help or see mental-health clinicians. But in Uganda that is a rarity. Some,…