Mental Health Tanzania (MHT) is the leading Mental Healthcare Institution in Tanzania, committed to sustain mental health and wellbeing of individuals through implementing intervention and preventive measures such as mental health advocacy, promotion, community and psychosocial support, psychoeducation, mental health awareness, research, training, coaching and mentorship programs.
Moreover, providing treatments and managements by addressing mental illnesses and psychological challenges through providing psychiatric and clinical mental health services, psychotherapy, counselling and guidance.
Please contact us for more details if interested to Partner, sponsor, or work with us as well as if interested in Volunteerism, Internship, practicum, and Fieldwork Programs at MHT or you want one or more of the following services
Psychoeducation and Mental Health Awareness
This program is provided through mental health clubs, workshops, seminars, mental health forums, media broadcasts and online outlets, creating community programs and youth support groups to educate on how to maintain mental health, mental health challenges, and symptoms of mental illnesses; provide comprehensive tips and guidelines on mental health. Furthermore, identify, analyses, and interventions of psychological challenges, as well as mental illnesses within the community.
Community psychological and Psychosocial support
MHT implements various community mental health activities, projects, programs, and activities to promote community mental healthcare, psychological support, psychoeducation, and mental health awareness in the communities.
Services provided in this program will enhance education and, knowledge, skills, capacity building, career development, positive attitudes on seeking mental health services, mental health perceptions, illiteracy, and stigma redaction. Provide comprehensive tips and guidelines on mental health
Consultation, Training, Coaching and Mentorship
MHT aims at mentoring, training, and coaching skills development, increasing knowledge, and experiences. Developing programs for skills development include but not limited to: Communication skills; Behavioural skills; Problem solving skills; Goals setting skills; Time management; Decision making skills; Career choice; Self-care skills; Self-esteem skills; Youth and Relationships; mental health perceptions, illiteracy, and stigma redaction, coping strategies skills; developing tailored coaching programs as well as training youth and marginalized group to help their communities in running community programs as far as mental health is concerned. Behavioural change such as gambling and other risk behaviours. Helping gender-based violence victims.
Mental health clinical Services such as
- Psychiatric treatments, Psychotherapy, Counselling and Guidance.
- Interventions of psychological challenges
- Diagnosis of Psychiatric disorders
- Rehabilitation programs
- Mental Health Crisis, first aid and Emergencies
- Short and long treatment plans
- Integrating mental health services with NCDs, GBVs, HIV/AIDS, Substance abuse and addiction
Tele Mental Health Services
These services include tele psychotherapy, e-counselling and guidance, Tele-psychosocial support, Tele-psychoeducation, and Tele-mental health awareness through, telephone, Videography, Photograph, Audio/ Podcast, bulk email, and Newsletters, Texting, Blog/website, Pop-Up ads, Social Media Accounts etc.
Mental Health Research and Development
MHT committed on conducting mental health research and become a leading Centre of excellence in providing essential and up to date physical & online publications such as articles, journals, books, magazines, blogs news, research, information, and data records in Mental health industry.
The Mental Health and Nutrition Department
“Does diet help prevent mental health conditions?” and, “Are nutrition interventions helpful in the treatment of these mental health conditions (mental disorders)?” and, is it true that “food is medicine?”
Mental health is a sensitive aspect in human life as it associates with an individual’s mind, cognition, thoughts, moods, and behaviours.
In relation to nutrition, mental health and good state of the brain is strengthened by proper diet and balanced intake of nutrients into the body. The brain requires good nutrients and appropriate diet to maintain the cell structures for stable development.
This affects the way an individual relates to others, cope with mental health conditions such as but not limited to anxiety, autism, bipolar disorder, dementia, depression, stress, drug and/or alcohol problems, eating disorders, learning disabilities, personality disorders, schizophrenia and making decisions.
In this aspect, it is important to understand what kind of foods to eat regularly, and what kind of foods to eat in appropriate time, together with the frequency and consistency; this helps to maintain mental health conditions/ disorders
Hence, nutrition has a major role in promoting mental health as it involves provision of a balanced diet, proper nutrients, and appropriate food choices for elevation of mental health. Mental health dietitian can help you to eat well and develop a positive relationship with food. Good nutrition is important for both your mental and physical health.
However, the role of nutrition in mental health is yet to be understood and embraced, and Mental Health Tanzania has overseen this. Therefore, we are bringing to you Nutrition consultancy in prevention and treatment against mental conditions to promote mental health for a better well-being. Nutritionist from MHT, will help you eat well and develop a positive relationship with food for your mental health as well as provide and develop a personalized treatment plan for your mental health.
Mental Health Assessments & Screening Services
MHT has created a standardized Assessment Form in Kiswahili Language to suit Tanzanian aspects on mental health. This form is to be used in assessing what might be (signs and symptoms) of mental health problems and psychological challenges in an individual. This form can indicate the presence of depression, stress, PTSD, Anxiety, addiction, suicide, Sleeping Problem, Negative Coping mechanism etc.