How can we fight deeply-engrained stigma around mental health—not just in Sierra Leone, but around the world? We speak with mental health nurse Julianna Showers and psychiatrist Dr. Abdul Jalloh to learn how Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital staff are working to promote awareness and respect around mental health conditions. And we speak with Aminata, a patient who received care at the hospital, who sheds light on the need for systemic transformation.

How can we fight deeply-engrained stigma around mental health—not just in Sierra Leone, but around the world? We speak with mental health nurse Julianna Showers and psychiatrist Dr. Abdul Jalloh to learn how Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital staff are working to promote awareness and respect around mental health conditions. And we speak with Aminata, a patient who received care at the hospital, who sheds light on the need for systemic transformation.

"How Will I Face My World?"

How is mental health connected to history? And what can one hospital teach us about it? In this new podcast miniseries from Partners In Health, doctors, patients and historians in Sierra Leone tell the story of Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital--the oldest psychiatric hospital in sub-Saharan Africa--which marked its 200th anniversary this year.

This miniseries will dive deep into Sierra Leone’s history--including slavery, colonialism and civil war--to explore how the past holds implications for mental health. Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital--once an impoverished facility that, due to lack of resources, used chains to keep patients from harming themselves and others--tells a story of both trauma and transformation: how the past never fully leaves, but can inform our present and future.

Subscribe to Unchain and get ready for the first episode to drop on October 17.

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How is mental health connected to history? And what can one hospital teach us about it? In this new podcast miniseries from Partners In Health, doctors, patients and historians in Sierra Leone tell the story of Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital--the oldest psychiatric hospital in sub-Saharan Africa--which marked its 200th anniversary this year. This miniseries will dive deep into Sierra Leone’s history--including slavery, colonialism and civil war--to explore how the past holds implications for mental health. Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital--once an impoverished facility that, due to lack of resources, used chains to keep patients from harming themselves and others--tells a story of both trauma and transformation: how the past never fully leaves, but can inform our present and future. Subscribe to Unchain and get ready for the first episode to drop on October 17.

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