Adolescents and Mental Health.

  Mental health concerns all age groups, as much as they are involved in Physical activities, social activities and are a part of any Community at all, be it their school or family. 

  Some issues are peculiar to adolescents and their causes is mostly neglect, environmental factors, which would influence the mental health of a growing child in a way that makes the child vulnerable to other effects. Drug abuse, peer pressure and some affects can come in when there has been a former issue of anxiety, depression, low self esteem and so on. The root cause would not stop at causing one problem, each would spring up another and such goes the chain. This is what makes it very important that the mental health of adolescents is well catered for. If a smaller Community causes damage, the control from a nation might not curb the gigiantic menace they will grow into. 

    These are the future of tomorrow and here are the ones who will be our voices in the next generation. What is being said to them? What are they fed with? What do they believe? Who are they? What is their identity?

      On the 19th of May, 2023, Menthali had a mental health outreach where adolescents in a secondary school were educated. Low self esteem, self image, anxiety, depression, worrying, phobia and bullying were explained to the students in a manner that they could get aid if they need. 

"Redefining the ideologies secondary school students have towards mental health."

If mental health be a part of health that makes health complete, then we all should embrace the sanity of our mental health and help these young ones do so as well.

©️ Olufayo, Ebunoluwa Oluwafunmilola.