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Mental Health

COVID-19 & Mental Wellness of the Community:

What is mental Health? Mental health includes our emotional,

psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act.

It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make

healthy choices

Coping with stress during and after COVID-19 will determine a community’s resilience and will make the community stronger.

The Kenyan Community living in Alberta with diverse population in terms of

migration status, age, social economic status, and with many other social

determinants has been impacted in many ways. How the community deals with the effects of the pandemic will determine how it moves forward.

Coping with Stress:


The COVID-19 has not only caused permanent injuries to many people in the world, but disrupted the way of life of many communities. Many communities are facing challenges that can be stressful and overwhelming. Developing strategies to cope with COVID-19 stress in a healthy way will help the community and its membership to become more resilient.

Post COVID-19 stress has seen many youths and Elderly display the followingcharacteristics that are worrisome and unless we learn how to cope and promote positive thinking the effects might be long lasting:

Feelings of fear, anger, sadness, worry, numbness, or frustration
Changes in appetite, energy,desires, and interests
Difficulty concentrating andmaking decisions
Nightmares or problems sleeping
Physical reactions, such asheadaches, body pains, stomach problems, or skin rashes
Worsening of chronic healthproblems and mental health conditions
Increased use of alcohol,illegal drugs, and misuse of prescription drugs like opioids and sleepaids.

Healthy Ways to Cope with Stress:

Self-care
Taking time off socialmedia and news stories about the pandemic
Finding enjoyable activities and being active
Connecting with otherseither through creating small groups and or by through apps like zoom whileobserving the COVID-19 protocols..Connecting with your community or faith basedcommunity organizations.

Resources to help you cope with post COVID-19 Stress:

https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/stress-coping/care-for-yourself/pdfs/Young-Adults-Care-for-Yourself.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/stress-coping/care-for-yourself/pdfs/General-Public-Care-for-Yourself.pdf

Strengthening Mental Health Promotionexternalicon.Fact sheet no. 220. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.

Chronic Illness & Mental Healthexternalicon.Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of MentalHealth. 2015.


Some of the links to point to for one entering our site to access:

Helpful links:

https://mentalhealthcommission.ca/what-we-do/suicide-prevention/

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/amh/page16759.aspx#:~:text=Reach%20out%3B%20call%20the%20mental,%2D877%2D303%2D2642.

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/topics/Page17012.aspx https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/mental-health-services.html

https://covid-benefits.alpha.canada.ca/en/start

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