Sergeant David Mbitu Muchia, a Kenya prisons officer who battled depression and now is a mental health awareness advocate. Sergeant David Mbitu says he has in the last five years been working with officers in addressing cases of depression and substance abuse among his colleagues. “One of the challenges many officers face is they do not realise the impact their work has on their mental health,” he noted. However, as a prisons officer, he had a very active social life which masked the underlying mental anguish he was experiencing. I quit alcohol and it has been four years of being sober.”However, he still faced depression and he sought help.

Source: Standard Digital April 22, 2021 09:22 UTC