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ADHD in adults changes with age, but doesn’t go away

‘What ADHD looks like in an adult’ – former school principal

Health, Mental Health, News

The wife of a former school principal from Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape always suspected that her husband might have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) but never did anything about it. Looking back, Craig Nicholson easily identifies what were…

LililtaG
July 19, 2022

Lupus: the ‘invisible’ disease

Our Health

"Lupus mimics other diseases in your body and the community still doesn't understand what it is," says Daniella Djan who is living with the condition.

Imameleng Masitha
November 1, 2019

Janu-worry stress busters: The science behind some health therapies

News

Many South Africans are returning to work this week but the December break hasn’t resulted in improvements in stress levels and overall mental health. The number of calls for help received by the South African Depression and Anxiety Group is just as high this January as the last months of 2019.

Amy Green
January 14, 2019

Global mental health report blasts SA for Esidimeni

News

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”.

Amy Green
October 10, 2018

Safety net for depressed #FeesMustFall activists

Our Health

Some student activists have been left suffering from depression following the #FeesMustFall protests that erupted on campuses around the country in 2015 - but one student is hoping to help activists deal with their trauma.

Teboho
August 8, 2018

Life Esidimeni: Untold consequences of trauma

News

Families of the 140-plus psychiatric patients who died after being moved from Life Esidimeni facilities to irregularly registered non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have suffered so much that some themselves are now dying.