Funmilade Taiwo
Job role:
Founder (PsyndUp)
Affiliation:
Member type:
Service User Representative/Advocate
Student
Other
Brief Biography:
I am a graduate of the University of Toronto, with a BSc, major in psychology and double minor in biology and sociology. I currently work for asktoks.com, an organization in Nigeria that works with children with autism and other related neurodevelopmental disorders. Additionally, I run PsyndUp- an online directory for mental health professionals in Nigeria. I am passionate about people, especially Nigerians, understanding the importance of mental health and a healthy mind. By January 2017, I will be starting a masters in counselling psychology program at Adler University in Vancouver, Canada.
Approach:
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
Regions of interest:
Africa
North America
Setting:
Community
Workplace
School
Population:
Children and adolescents
Adults
Disorders of interest:
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Self-harm/suicide
All disorders
Country:
Nigeria
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