A SPEECH PRESENTED BY PROF. AKANEREN ESSIEN FORMER VICE-CHANCELLOR UNIVERSITY OF UYO DURING THE 2ND NATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY IN AKWA IBOM STATE HELD AT ONYEMA UGOCHUKWU AUDITORIUM, UNIVERSITY OF UYO ON FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER, 2014. PROTOCOL I am indeed highly honoured to be called upon to chair the…
When Fear Overwhelms Do you sometimes have sudden attacks of fear that last for several minutes? Do you feel like you are having a heart attack or can’t breathe? Do these attacks occur at unpredictable times causing you to worry about the possibility of having another one at any time? If so, you may have a type of anxiety disorder…
The First Quarter of 2014 M&E Meeting is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 13th February, 2014 at 4.00pm. The venue is the MHRRC, 72 Ikot Udoro Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. All members and intended members; patients and their families are requested to attend the meeting. Agenda include: 1. 2013 Reports: Activities, Financial, etc 2. 2104 in focus 3.…
The members of St. Agatha’s Society under the CWO of St. Gregory Parish, Eket, Akwa Ibom State visited the Pilgrims Home on 1st February 2014 to bring the “perfume of goodness” to the patients undergoing rehabilitation at the Home. The visit was part of the programmes of the society to celebrate the feast day of St. Agatha known for and…
The Mobile Manna Foundation in conjunction with ImaBridge Africa, a United States of America faith-based organization is organizing a training workshop on “THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS” on 7th January 2014 from 10.00 to 3.00 pm at Mental Health Rehabilitation and Research Centre, 72 Ikot Udoro Road, Uyo. The training is organized for our…
The 1st Colloquium on Mental Health and Development was held on 10th October, 2013 at the Judiciary Multipurpose Hall, Wellington Bassey Way, Uyo to mark the 2013 International World Mental Health Day in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The Colloquium was chaired by Prof. Ed. ‘B. Attah, President, The Edward Attah Pathology Foundation, while Most Rev. Dr. Anselm Umoren, the Auxiliary…
The annual celebration of World Mental Health Day takes place on 10th October of every year. This celebration is one of the main projects of our Foundation. We introduced the celebration in Akwa Ibom State in 2012. The brief of last year’s celebration is readily accessible on this site. For this year’s celebration, we have prepared this concept and proposal…