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Depression, suicide top mental health illnesses

Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Frank Njenga and Chiromo Lane Medical Centre clinical service manager Veronica Njeru address the media during early detection of mental illness symposium to commemorate World Mental Health Day on October 10, 2014. [File, Standard]

Majority of Kenyans cannot distinguish the different kinds of mental illnesses, which explains why most cases of suicide are missed.

A report by the Ministry of Health has identified depression and suicide as the leading mental health illnesses in the country.

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