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The youth in Kenya those within the age of 18 30 make up more than 50 percent of the countrys population according to the 2010 censors in Kenya Being the largest of the population there are a number of issues that face them One of the major issues in Kenya today is the unawareness of mental health their stigmatization for those ones who come out and say that they suffer with mental health There has been a rise in mental health cases in the past as Africa and Kenya come to terms with the reality that is mental illness It goes without saying that mental health is in issue that needs to be addressed properly In February of 2011 No health without mental health was launched in the United Kingdom to push governments to acknowledge the stigmatization and low standard of this health care service The campaign is trying to get the governments to give priority to the heath care systems History of Mental Illness in Kenya Mental health in Kenya is treated akin to traditional medicine With the services given too an inpatient mentally ill person in a public institution would be of lower standard in terms of facilities than that of in a private institution Doctors and professionals in this sector just like in the main stream medicine would go to attend to public patients in the morning then attend to their private patients in the afternoon where they charge more money and give better services In the recent past there has been an increment of suicide cases among young people
