TEWWY is raising awareness on Mental Health [MH] issues overlooked in TZ and providing FREE mental health services to socially and economically vulnerable persons - Wisdom&Wellness [WW] Circles with group therapy & alternative life-skills building, direct SMS access to a WW Counselor & SMS Mental Health Promotion Campaigns. As a mental health stakeholder per the Tanzania Ministry of Health, TEWWY is collaborating with the country's MH Coordinators & govt health care facilities to give support.
Low & middle income countrys' health systems currently fail to meet the Mental Health needs of its population. Resources available are insufficient, inequitably distributed and inefficiently used, so that a large majority with mental illnesses receive no care. The total economic output lost to mental health conditions has been estimated at US$1 trillion per year with those suffering these conditions also facing stigma and discrimination, and a systematic denial of their basic human rights.
Elderly women trained as Wisdom&Wellness Counselors, use modern technology to connect & provide individuals and communities in Dar to Mental Health Support [Psychiatrist & Psychologist Referral] & Services: Interpersonal Therapy/Counseling (IPT/C), Interpersonal Group Therapy (IPT-G) and SMS Mental Health Promotion Campaign(s). By improving one's mental health, people are able to improve their overall health and quality of life.
The project will promote the successful performance of mental functions, in terms of thought, mood and behavior that results in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with others, and the ability to adapt to change and to cope with adversity. Mental health and psychosocial well-being are intrinsically related to physical health, social and community functioning, economic productivity and human rights. (mhGAP, WHO 2008).
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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