VIDEO: Putting a stop to suicide in South Africa
South Africa recorded the third-highest suicide rate out of all African countries in a WHO report.
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World Vitiligo Day: Time to embrace it and forget about a cure
World Vitiligo Day: Mental health and awareness in the spotlight. Read these stories of people living with vitiligo in South Africa.
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Vitiligo: Uncomfortable in their own skin
No place to hide: Vitiligo sufferers share their stories of anguish.
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Living with bipolar disorder: SA comedian tells her story
Wednesday marked Bipolar Awareness Day which aimed to bring awareness to those living with bipolar disorder.
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Life Esidimeni: Remembering the 144 dead mentally ill patients
The Life Esidimeni online memorial and advocacy project website was launched on Thursday 20 May to mark Mental Health Action Day and to keep the stories of the 144 mentally ill patients who died alive.
Read More » Life Esidimeni: Remembering the 144 dead mentally ill patientsUsing words, dance, or music to overcome depression
Speaking to a therapist isn’t the only way to deal with depression and anxiety. South Africans are connecting to their creative side to channel their healing.
Read More » Using words, dance, or music to overcome depressionBipolar disorder misinformation prevents people from seeking help
The mental illness affects up to 1% of the population in South Africa, yet the South African yet stigma and discrimination against people bipolar stop them from getting medical attention.
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Dros rape accused perpetuates mental health stigma
The alleged Dros rapist’s defence lawyer is trying to blame his client’s behaviour on a bipolar diagnosis. But while many people associate mental illness with violence those who are mentally ill are much more likely to be victims of violent crime than perpetrators, reports HEALTH-E’s Amy Green.
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‘Dros rapist’: Mentally ill more likely to be victims
The South African Federation for Mental Health (SAFMH) has condemned local media houses for creating the impression that people living with mental illness are violent and criminally dangerous in the wake of rape-accused Nicholas Ninow’s defence citing his psychological state in court.
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Global mental health report blasts SA for Esidimeni
Exactly a year after the start of the arbitration hearings that sought justice for the families of the dead Life Esidimeni patients, the esteemed The Lancet medical journal has released a global mental health report condemning the local disaster as “tragic”.
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Health-e pays tribute to ‘giant’ of medicine Professor Mayosi
'A giant has fallen': World-renowned cardiologist Professor Bongani Mayosi committed suicide on Friday.
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WHO Commission criticised over sugar taxes in new report
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs' new report, Time to Deliver, called for urgent action against chronic diseases and mental disorders, the globe's leading cause of death and ill-health, but failed to include a recommendation on taxing sugary beverages.
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A psychiatrist’s battle against the system
One man’s fight to ensure humane treatment for mentally ill patients at a rural Eastern Cape psychiatric hospital has sparked various consequences, with at least one monitoring body calling out a cover-up and the hospital CEO handing in her resignation late last Thursday night.
Read More » A psychiatrist’s battle against the systemEsidimeni: families each to get R1,2-million
Following a litany of lies, "murderous" decisions, agonising deaths and torturous transfers, an amount of R1.2-million will now be paid to each of the families affected by the Gauteng Department of Health's decision to move mentally ill patients out of Life Esidimeni facilities.
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Coping with bipolar in a rural community
People living with mental health disorders generally struggle to find the correct help and treatment – particularly those living in rural areas.
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