Mental Health Awareness Needed
The need to support young people’s mental health was the focus of a webinar recently hosted by the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies at the University of Technology, Jamaica…
Children Suffering during the Pandemic and the Mental Health Epidemic
By Nakaylia Morant Mental Health Awareness month and National Child month are both celebrated in the month of May. During the current COVID-19 pandemic, many children are suffering through the…
University Students face Mental Health Epidemic
By Chrisancia Robinson A mental health crisis is affecting university students in Jamaica due to the restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Measures such as lockdowns, curfews, social distancing and…
Suicide Rates among Young Jamaicans alarm UTech Counsellors
According to a 2019 U-Report poll among Jamaicans youth aged 13 – 29, 53 per cent of responders indicated that they had considered suicide. Data also showed that 42 per…