Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Breaking the Stigma Understanding Teenage Girls’ Mental Health Challenges
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The speaker discusses a large issue related to mental health problems faced by girls, particularly those who are teenagers. They suggest that mental health is not a physical or chemical problem, but rather a "slimey behavior" that girls deal with. The speaker warns that these "slimey behaviors" may cause anxiety and stress, leading to behavior that is not healthy.
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This is a big and real issue. Do you know that one out of every
four teenage girls have a mental health problem?
Check it out BBC 22nd of November 2018 is an article is probably
many other articles. One in four girls have a mental health
problem.
What does mental health problem doesn't mean that
she goes crazy. Many people think mental health means like, they
start talking back to us and they start acting like a madman. That's
not what mental health is. I've told people I've tried to just
stop calling a mental health quality psychological problem
people might be a bit more, you know, accepting or because we say
mental health people just a mental I mean boggle.