‘Seek help from trained professionals’

Barbadians seeking mental health services are being warned to ensure the individual they seek counselling from is a trained professional.

The advice from Mental Health Advocate Tessa Chadderton-Shaw.

She was a guest on CBC’s Let’s Talk About It radio programme on Q100.7 FM, which focused on Mental Health Challenges in Barbados.

Ms. Chadderton-Shaw has stressed that it is possible for people to function with mental health disorders.

She wants people to be allowed to disclose their conditions and not be regarded as a threat to society.

Meanwhile, Clinical Social Worker Pamela Jones-Goodridge has addressed how employers can deal with employees who may pose a threat to themselves or others.

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