Mental health literacy have a major impact on footballing and sports in general. For there is no gain saying that mental disorder affect emotions, relationships, identity and self-esteem. To this end the Mandate health empowerment initiative (MHEI) took it advocacy campaign to COPA Lagos 2016 in continuity of her promotion and interventions action to ensuring safe and supportive environments, healthy living conditions and lifestyles for sports men and women in Nigeria.
Speaking at the event, the president of Mandate Health Empowerment Initiative, Mr. Ameh Zion Abbah emphasises the place of mental health holistically as it concerns every professional footballer particularly how it relates to their football career, their family members or relation, personal well being on and off the field.
Also he pointed out that depression, anxiety and panic attacks are some of the common mental disorders seen among footballers, suicide and attempted suicide has also been recorded.
In the game of life, we fail most often when we lose heart and no longer believe we can achieve our hearts desire. In this adverse moment whether it is players coping with long-term injuries, former professionals struggling to adapt to retirement, or youngsters rejected from the sport after failing to win new contracts, mental health issues are very much a part of modern day football.
Lets together build a mentally healthy society for our sports men and women.
#MentalHealthLiteracy begins with me!
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