Dr. Tokunboh Rose Foundation
For Mental Health
For Mental Health
The Dr. Tokunboh Rose Foundation for mental health is founded by her mother, Toyin Rose and her family. To continue the vision of their oldest daughter, Dr. Tokunboh Rose who passed away at 42 years old on June 7, 2019 of Breast cancer.
Our daughter was a hardworking and compassionate woman who was a pioneer of Tele-Psychiatry medicine at CMS/Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was a child and adolescent psychiatrist, who devoted her life and hard work to improve the mental treatments with her patients. She believed in self-care, good nutrition, good and stable housing along with exercise with her patients. Her dedication and pioneering spirit is going to be honored by her colleagues and hospital to name an award in her name. She was a philanthropist and Educator.
Though we lost our dedicated daughter to cancer, we will continue to fight for the improvement in child and adolescent mental health. This was the promise her mother made on her deathbed.
To honor Dr. Tokunboh Rose by advocating for and supporting the advancement of quality mental health care, with an emphasis on children and adolescents. We are dedicated to the health and emotional wellness of patients, families, and their doctors.
We support programs that promote childhood wellness, from combating food and housing insecurity to encouraging outdoor recreation and providing parental training programs. We also advocate for inclusion and diversity in psychiatry by providing grants to second-year medical students.
A world where every child and adolescent has access to compassionate, comprehensive mental health care that addresses not just symptoms, but the whole person – their physical health, nutrition, housing stability, and overall well-being.
We envision a diverse mental health workforce that reflects the communities it serves, with physicians who are supported in their own wellness journey so they can provide the best care possible to their patients.
We provide comprehensive support programs that address the holistic needs of children and adolescents with mental health challenges.
Housing insecurity can often affect human health. it exposes individual and families to increased stress, mental and physical problems. Finding a stable home for someone with a mental health condition can be a challenge and difficult to find an affordable housing with good amenities with safe environment, that can help them on the journey to recovery.
The Foundation is committed to work in this area and work with stake holders, communities, and hospitals to find a better way to give the patients and their families, the help and better housing they need.
Exercise improves mental health by reducing anxiety, depression, negative mood and by improving self-esteem and cognitive function. Exercise has been found to alleviate symptoms such as low self-esteem and social withdrawal. Exercise is especially important in patients with schizophrenia since they are vulnerable to obesity and the additional risk of weight gain associated with antipsychotic treatment. This patients that participated in a three-month physical conditioning program showed improvements in weight control and reported increased fitness levels, exercise tolerance, reduced blood pressure and increased their energy. The findings show that thirty minutes of exercise of moderate intensity, such as brisk walking for three days a week is sufficient health benefits. Thirty minutes walks or three 10-minute walks is equally as effective. Mental health service providers can thus provide effective evidence-based physical activity interventions for individuals suffering from serious mental illness.
There is enough evidence there is correlation between poor diet and mental illness. Eating diet with nutrients-rich foods, can help with symptoms of depression and anxiety. The Foundation will work along with the Psychiatrists, the Hospitals and Families to improve and find a better way to ensure good nutrition.
There is a need for diversity in mental health doctors. The Foundation promotes diversity in child-adolescent psychiatry by offering grants to second-year medical students. We also address physician burnout, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 76% of healthcare workers experiencing burnout.