The Devastating Effect of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of the Youths
It is without doubt a thing of nobility to take into consideration, the devastating effect COVID-19 has had on the mental health of our youths. Why because when we talk about health generally, the mental aspect of it is often overlooked. But then when you take a look at the definition of health, as defined by the World Health Organization, "a state of complete mental , social and physical wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease". So for instance, if you are free from malaria, pneumonia, or an accident but you have a mental illnesse such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer, Depression, Border line Personality disorder or Dementia , then automatically you are classified as being sick. But again, just so you get a clear picture of what am trying to say, I want us to understand that mental illness is not only restricted to retarded people walking on the street with tattered clothes and unkempt hair, why because, if you were to carry out a psychotherapy in your locality, you ...