World Mental Health Day 2010; How healthy is your mind?
Jennifer Lovell
The Mental Health Association is holding several activities in observation of World Mental Health Day 2010. Today Saint John’s College, Saint Catherine Academy, Anglican Cathedral College and Edward P. Yorke high schools participated in a speech competition at the IT-VET center. The theme for this year’s activities is “Mental Health and Long Term Illness – the need for continued and integrated care”, but the speech competition was focused on violence and its link to mental health. News Five spoke to the president of the MHA, Jennifer Lovell and two of the top students.
Jennifer Lovell, President, Mental Health Association
“The kids were given the criteria for the speech, they had five to eight minutes to give a speech and they had to do their own speech. The theme was violence. That’s not the theme for this year but our theme—because the kids were more interested in what’s happening around them, we gave them the topic of violence.”
Kyle Reneau, 1st Place, MHA’s High School Speech Competition
Kyle reneau
“What I spoke of in my speech was not only that violence is something that is physical but also that putting our children in poverty is a crime and therefore it is somewhat a form of violence.”
Delahnie Bain
“And why do you think that is an important message for your peers?”
Kyle Reneau
“It’s important for us to understand that because when we put children in poverty that will eventually lead to physical violence so instead of trying to treat physical violence by itself, we should also be treating poverty.”
jasmine leslie
Jasmine Leslie, 3rd Place, MHA’s High School Speech Competition
“My speech was basically on the effects of violence on patients with mental illnesses and how it can be very traumatic to them and can actually be long term. It’s a matter that people aren’t really aware about as much as they should be so I think people should be aware about this because it’s a burning issue in our country.”
Jennifer Lovell
“We want to inform the public about issues of mental health and it’s really important for us to let the public become aware that a lot of what’s going on out there has to do with mental disorders. We want the kids to be aware because if they are aware they’ll pass it on to their parents. But not only that, the teachers come along and they are able to hear some of the information and they can pick out some of these children and instead of kicking them out of school, they can send them to the psychiatric nurse, send them to get counseling or send them off to get help.”
Upcoming World Mental Health Day activities include lunch for the homeless at Battlefield Park on October twelfth followed by MHA’s annual fundraising banquet on the sixteenth. Tickets are sixty dollars each and can be gotten at the Community Counseling Centre on Freetown Road.
For those of you who are really interested in knowing about the very driving force of our ourselves. I recomend the book: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, BY DANIEL GOLEMAN.
i hope the pm go test himself because he certainly needs help
Mental Health sometimes *A MAN/WOMAN USES AS A >ESCAPESAW; WITNESSTHIS AUTHOMATICALLY CHANGES THE SPIRITUAL SALVATION OF GOD JESUS SPIRITUAL REVELATION OF EVERLASTING TRUE LOVE AND PEACE! WHY? BECAUSE THE WOE RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN BELIZE NEVER SOWN THE SPIRITUAL SALVATION OF GOD CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING; SO THEY MUST FOLLOW THE WHITE SUPREMACIES ALMIGHTY GODS WOE RELIGIOUS TRADITION AND CULTURES OF CATHOLICS; ANGLICANS ETC AND EVERLASTING DECEIVING; BETRAYING AND BLASPHEMING *OUR BELIZEAN INNOCENT CHILDREN; SO WHEN THEY OUR BLESSED BELIZEAN CHILDREN REACH THE AGE OF SALVATION 13-25 YEARS; THEY GET LOST; CONFUSED; EVIL AND IGNORANT TO THE REALITY AND TRUTH OF OUR LORD GOD CHRIST JESUS WAY; TRUTH AND SPIRITUAL SALVATION OF EVERLASTING TRUE LOVE AND PEACE; BECAUSE OF THIS SLAVE MENTALITY; AND MENTAL SLAVERY OF THESE WHITE SUPREMACIES WOE RELIGIOUS TRADITION AND CULTURES OF CAESAR; AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASON; THAT CAUSE*MENTAL HEALTH*! FOR TODAY IN BELIZE AND WORLD WIDE; MOST OF OUR INNOCENT CHILDREN DO NOT KNOW WHO IS; OR WHAT IS THE MEANING OF *GOD JESUS; OUR LORD GOD; CHRIST GOD SPIRITUAL SALVATION AND BLESSED REVELATION! SO NATURALLY OUR CHILDREN DO NOT FEAR GOD JESUS; THIS IS WHY >THEY ALL DISOBEY; DISOBEY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS DAILY; AND HATE; JELOUS; GRUDGE; ENVY; QUARREL; FIGHT; KILL ONE ANOTHER; BECAUSE WHAT THEIR ANCESTORS SOWN; SOWING; THEY ARE REAPING; REAPED TODAY 2010-2018!
FOR GOD JESUS NEVER SOWN *A BLESSED TEMPLE AS THE BELIZEAN CREOLE SEED AS *METAL/CRAZY SEED OF SALVATION; BUT AS EVERLASTING POWER AND SALVATION OF THE WORLD 2007-3000! SO AS ROD SOWN THAT THE PRIME MINISTER GO TEST HIMSELF; BECAUSE HE CERTAINLY NEED HELP! ROD NEED TO UNDERSTAND; AS MY BLESSED DADDY HIS EXCELLENCY ERIBERTO BABB SENIOR; SOWN UNTO ME JORGE ERNESTO PROPHET BABB; AFTER THE ELECTION 1998; SON WHY WASTING YOUR TIME THE WORLD IS RULED/RUN/GOVERN BY DECEPTION; DECEITFULNESS; SO BELIZE’S INNOCENT PM DEAN BARROW; DO NOT NEED HELP; BECAUSE WHAT HE IS SOWING WE SHALL REAP; ALL THE BLESSED PRIME MINISTER DEAN BARROW NEED IS TO REPENT UNTO GOD JESUS AND OBEY; OBEY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS; THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION OF GOVERMENT AND PEOPLE OF BELIZE; AND BELIZE SHALL GAIN THAT EVERLASTING SPIRITUAL SALVATION OF OUR LORD GOD CHRIST JESUS WISDOM; UNDERSTANDING; TRUE LOVE AND PEACE; IN GOD JESUS NAME WE BELIZEAN CREOLE SEED PRAY AMEN SMILE! MAY GOD JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD BLESS; GUIDE; PROTECT; BELIZE; PM; AND ALL BELIZEAN IN GOD JESUS NAME WE PRAY AMEN! PLEASE GO TO wwwcreolesalvationforbelize.com; or email cheriedeluxeinn@yahoo.com; facebook prophetjorgeernestobabb; THANK YOU; PLEASE DO NOT GET EMOTIONAL; TO ATTACK THE MESSENGER BUT THE MESSAGE ONLY! FOR ONLY A SPIRITUAL FOOL HAS A MENTAL PROBLEM; TO SWEAR THERE IS NOT GOD; FOR THIS EARTH IS ONLY FOR A WHILE; NOT MY HOME OF EVERLASTING LIFE; SO PLEASE CONTROLL YOUR PRIDE; THAT IS SHAME!
There should not be a charge for this event. This should be community based to create awareness to the public about Mental Health issues. You can request donation for those who would like to make a contribution,but not charge for admissionj. Ridiculous!
If you or anyone lives with a child that has suffereed with Mental Health Issues you know what is being said by the media is so true. If you have lost a member of your family to this illness then you will have a lot of compassion about Mental Health. It is just like having Cancer or Diabetes… Lots of pain and coping skills for the patient and the family. The family is needed to give support and so is the community in which you live………… Please pray for someone you know suffering with this very issue now and we will not let up for dignity for mental health patients in this country!!!!!!!! From the heart with experience….. You have got to know it firsthand.
Well done, for highlighting mental health in Belize. It is estimated that up to 20% suffer from some form of mental health condition ranging from depression to schizophrenia. Yet the problem of stigma means that people associates this problem with voodoo instead of getting the appropriate help for their loved ones.
What we Belizeans need to realise is that many people with mental health disorders ranging from anxiety to personality/psychotic disorders are able to lead a productive life with the right care. Furthermore no one is immune from an episode of mental health problem.