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Mental health: Understanding mental illness

Mental health: Gist of mental illness (Photo: iStock)

To many people, mental illness is only when one loses their mental and behavioural organisation.

This has led to the common labelling as being 'mad', and the purported causes include, witchcraft, evil spirits and curses, leading to the prevalent myths, misconceptions and stigma around the same.

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