At Mathari Hospital in Nairobi, visiting barbers offer free haircuts to male psychiatric patients as a novel therapeutic approach. Healthcare workers note that restoring personal grooming dramatically improves self-esteem and clinical engagement, reversing the self-neglect often caused by severe depression.
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Kinyozi husaidia wagonjwa wa akili kupona nchini Kenya

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Katika Hospitali ya Mathari mjini Nairobi, kinyozi hutoa huduma za kunyoa nywele bila malipo kwa wagonjwa wa akili kama tiba mbadala. Wafanyakazi wa afya wanasema kuwa usafi wa kibinafsi huongeza kujiamini na kusaidia wagonjwa kupona haraka kutokana na changamoto za msongo mkubwa wa mawazo.

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