The Untold Story Of COVID-19 And Its Mental Health Impact On LiberiansMonrovia – In Liberia, the efforts to Combat COVID-19 largely revolves around people’s physical health whilst little or no attention is placed on mental health, in spite of the new challenges and realities the outbreak brings. The Carter Center Mental Health Program Lead adds that the MHPSS Pillar is responsible to address the mental health needs of people infected and affected, and that includes responders such as doctors, nurses, mental health clinicians, social workers, burial team and ambulance team. Without support from the IMS response, it is difficult for the pillar to effectively function and address the mental health needs of frontline responders,” Dossen said. All attempts to get the mental health division of the Ministry of Health to respond after weeks of email exchanges failed. But the Carter Center Mental Health Lead Benedict Dossen stressed that getting coronavirus should not be a sentence of guilt or punishment.

Source: Front Page Africa June 12, 2020 07:56 UTC