{"id":719,"date":"2021-03-03T13:55:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T13:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellness.neveragainrwanda.org\/?page_id=719"},"modified":"2021-03-10T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T09:51:10","slug":"we-contribute-to-the-mental-health-wellness-of-the-rwandan-population","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wellness.neveragainrwanda.org\/we-contribute-to-the-mental-health-wellness-of-the-rwandan-population\/","title":{"rendered":"We contribute to the mental health wellness of the Rwandan population"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In addition to Never Again Rwanda\u2019s action towards empowering the community to overcome their traumatic past, we are delivering free psychological support and mental health services, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Delivered by our professional psychotherapists since November 2020, this is part of the project “Addressing mental health issues in relation to challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic” which is funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation. This project has three expected results:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Improve psychosocial wellbeing of the Rwandan population
\u2022 Increase awareness-raising on mental health problems among community members and youth
\u2022 Improve access to mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/p>\n
The free support will continue till June 2021, in the complement of the existing Government efforts in addressing mental health issues and well-being. The project “Addressing mental health issues in relation to challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic” also involves a digital component by making certain English and Kinyarwanda online information and tools available to the Rwandan population to support them in the period of stress, depression, and anxiety, triggered by the crisis. It is in this framework that this NAR Wellness Website was created.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n Impacts of COVID-19 on Rwandans\u2019 mental health and well being<\/strong><\/p>\n Furthermore, a Lancet study conducted a review of the psychological impact of quarantine and self-isolation using three electronic databases; results show the most prevalent negative psychological effects of the quarantine and self-isolation such as an aggravation of traumatic and\/or post-traumatic stress symptoms, a sense of confusion and anger, infection fears, frustration, boredom, inadequate supplies, inadequate information, agitation, financial loss, and stigma.<\/p>\n And finally, feedback from Never Again Rwanda spaces for peace group members indicated that a good number of them experienced symptoms such as being uncertain of the future most especially contracting the virus, anxiety, hypervigilance, and confusion<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>