Why Psychosocial Disability

PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITY AT A GLANCE…

Psychology – how you understand your experiences, the world, your emotions and feelings;

Social – how people who experience mental health conditions are viewed by others, or what society defines as ‘normal’.

Psychosocial disability – is a term used to describe a disability that may arise from a mental health condition; social and economic impact of living with a mental health condition and challenges a person experiences that are related to their mental health condition that affect their ability to participate on an equal basis with others.

The Problem

Globally 1 in every 8 people in the world live with a mental disorder- WHO Fact Sheet 2022.
Globally, an estimated 12 billion working days are lost every year to depression and anxiety at a cost of US$ 1 trillion per year in lost productivity-WHO.
“Among people who have experienced war or other conflict in the previous 10 years, one in five (22%) will have depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia” WHO Fact sheet 2022.
15% of working-age adults were estimated to have a mental disorder in 2019-WHO.
35% of Ugandans suffer from a mental illness, and 15% of Ugandans require treatment. It is likely that the incidence of mental illnesses and the need for treatment is much higher (Molodynski, Cusack, & Nixon, 2017).
“14 million Ugandans have a mental disorder”- Cecilia Okoth, New Vision May 13, 2022.

How We are helping

Our Commitment

We recognize that recovery may not only result from a person changing but could also be about transforming our environment and society to be more inclusive. We are here to contribute to an enabling environment for people affected with psychosocial disability to have an equal opportunity with others.

Mental Health And Sustainable Development Goals

We are proud to align our work with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We believe that without good mental health, caregivers and persons with a psychosocial disability are limited in living their lives to the fullest and engaging in different activities like education, employment, community engagements and often experience delayed justice that actually contributes to achieving the SDGs.

We are committed to achieving the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically Good Health and well being, quality education, decent work, and economic growth, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities and communities and peace justice and strong justices through our programmes.

We are open to learning, replicating and scaling what we have learnt in relation to contributing to an inclusive and enabling environment for Persons with Psychosocial Disability and their caregivers in achieving an equal participation in the global trend. With our inclusive programmes, we intend to contribute to leaving no one behind in achieving the SDGs by 2030