Mental illness among Somalis

[Zak12]

According to WHO, 1/3 of Somalia's population suffers from mental illness which places Somalia as amongst the countries with the highest rates of mental health issues, mainly due to the ongoing conflict and lack of access to health services.

Mental health crisis in Somalia: a review and a way forward - PMC

Somalia has been without an effective government since the collapse of the military regime in 1991. Years of conflict, disasters, and insecurity have all contributed to very low scores for most health indicators due to poor governance, protracted ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

IMO, one of worst problems to arise from the civil war is surely this. 1/3 of the population being unwell is crazy, Somali leaders need to step up and do something to provide help.

 

[Ya.dhahay]

According to WHO, 1/3 of Somalia's population suffers from mental illness which places Somalia as amongst the countries with the highest rates of mental health issues, mainly due to the ongoing conflict and lack of access to health services.

Mental health crisis in Somalia: a review and a way forward - PMC

Somalia has been without an effective government since the collapse of the military regime in 1991. Years of conflict, disasters, and insecurity have all contributed to very low scores for most health indicators due to poor governance, protracted ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

IMO, one of worst problems to arise from the civil war is surely this. 1/3 of the population being unwell is crazy, Somali leaders need to step up and do something to provide help.

apparently they tested ppl in high-conflict zones in Somalia and found that they had high rates of psychological distress and panic.. which isn’t weird. When I heard “1 in 3 suffer from mental illness” I thought they were suffering from something more severe

 

[Dalac Bilaash]

We got a long way to go

 

[Farsi]

Western propaganda

 

[Gacmeey]

“You feel a bit down. It is because you are mentally ill, let’s douse you with chemicals”. Always view mental health reports done on third world countries by westerners with skepticism. Actually view it with skepticism even in your life particularly those doctors who want to push you onto pills for your mild symptoms. These people have a different assumption of what the human is entirely.

 

[The Oponian Guild]

I’d put the figure at 1/5 if I had to guess

 

[Galool]

utter nonsense

 

[Testo 21]

I would say 1/10 that's 10% of the population

 

[Ya.dhahay]

Western propaganda

How? Almost 4 decades of political instability and extreme poverty has led to trauma, widespread druguse etc. I don’t think alot of ppl in Somalia are ‘okay’ in the head

 

[ICEcold]

Western propaganda

Not sure about this one, tbh. Had a conversation with hooyo about mental illness amongst Somalis and she had many anecdotes in the diaspora of Somalis suddenly going mad, with no prior warning. Scary stuff