11/10/2024
We are locked in for World Mental Health Day 2024!🔇🗣
The Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CCAMH) at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan announces a lineup of events to commemorate World Mental Health Day 2024 yesterday October 10, 2024. Founded with funding from the MacArthur Foundation in 2010 and in partnership with faculty from leading institutions in Africa, Europe, the United States of America and Asia, CCAMH has grown to have a global impact on training, research and service delivery in mental health as we continue to engage with stakeholders through innovative initiatives.
This year’s celebration is packed with activities focused on the importance of mental health in the workplace, with expert opinions from our stakeholders, peer researchers, and mental health experts.
Please join us at these events based on this year’s theme:
Prioritising Mental Health in the Workplace:
a) Live Radio Discussion
Date: Monday, 14th October 2024
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Life Radio, 107.5 FM
b) Video Podcast
Date: Wednesday, 16th October 2024
Time: 12:00 PM
Platform: YouTube (&WIN )
c) Community Outreach and Interactive Session
Date: Wednesday, 16th October 2024
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Oke-Are, Ibadan
d) Our Nation’s WEALTH is Powered by Her Citizens’ Collective Mental Health: Video Podcast
Date: Friday, 18th October 2024
Time: 12:00 PM
Platform: CCAMH YouTube Platform
Check the accompanying flyer for more details!
The Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CCAMH) is a multidisciplinary centre for advocacy, training, research, and service in child and adolescent mental health at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Over the past 12 years, CCAMH has been dedicated to various initiatives that impact stakeholders across Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa and globally. It is proud to host several research grants focused on mental health, including:
Support Comprehensive Care and Empowerment for People Living with Psychosocial Disabilities (SUCCEED): Succeed Africa is an international research consortium that takes a bottom-up approach to investigate and co-produce “what works” for people with psychosis in their communities.
Transforming Access to Care for Serious Mental Disorders (TRANSFORM): This research project addresses the issue of inadequate biomedical care for individuals with serious mental disorders (SMDs) living in slum communities of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). To achieve this, the project fosters collaboration between biomedical practitioners and traditional and faith-based healers, encouraging the referral of people with SMDs to biomedical care for holistic mental healthcare.
Utilising Mathematical Modeling to Tackle Depression & Related Mental Health Conditions Among Adolescent Girls & Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa branded as Women dErive mAthematical modeLs for menTal Health (WEALTH) is a capacity-building project that focuses on developing the skills of modellers particularly women (researchers and policymakers) to develop, refine and communicate mathematical models to promote the uptake of cost-effective interventions that can address mental health challenges, particularly depression, among adolescent girls and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Electronic Caregivers' Skills Training (eCST): This pilot research project focuses on equipping caregivers of children with neurodevelopmental disorders with the skills necessary to help their children improve communication and social skills while managing challenging behaviours.
Implementing Early Mental & Physical Health Detection & Support: Promoting a Whole-School Approach to Health & Well-being (The ISOBAR Project) in Low Resource Settings branded as SHINE: Supporting Healthy livIng and Nutrition in school-age AdolEscents promotes the mental and nutritional health of school-going adolescents aged 12-18 years by co-developing and implementing a composite intervention that addresses mental health and nutritional issues tailored to local contexts..
Understanding the Gendered Impact of COVID-19 on Young Self-Employed Nigerian Women and Co-Producing Solutions that Foster Better Systems and Wellbeing branded as Advancing Resiliency In Self-employed young Women In Nigeria (ARISE&WIN) aims to enhance the resilience of young self-employed women in Nigeria regarding significant disruptive life events, including the COVID-19 pandemic. It has co-developed culturally relevant, context-specific interventions informed by extensive qualitative and quantitative formative research. The study seeks to improve the mental health and overall resilience of self-employed young women through targeted training.
Watch out for more promotional information in the days to come!
