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Healing the Healers: Why so many healthcare workers struggle with depression and anxiety

by Florence de Vries, Head of Marketing and Communication at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences  In the heart of hospitals, wards and...

Assistant teacher uses classic ice cream cone to help kids open up

Children can often be reticent when it comes to talking about their feelings. So, one Soweto assistant teacher decided to use the classic ice-cream...

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Healing the Healers: Why so many healthcare workers struggle with depression and anxiety

by Florence de Vries, Head of Marketing and Communication at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences  In the heart of hospitals, wards and...

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Healing the Healers: Why so many healthcare workers struggle with depression and anxiety

by Florence de Vries, Head of Marketing and Communication at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences  In the heart of hospitals, wards and...

Mental wellbeing: SA hits rock bottom on global list

The latest Mental State of the World report has identified South Africa as the lowest-ranked country based on mental wellbeing. It also revealed...

Assistant teacher uses classic ice cream cone to help kids open up

Children can often be reticent when it comes to talking about their feelings. So, one Soweto assistant teacher decided to use the classic ice-cream...
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Deaf people need sign language interpreters in therapy or counselling. But very few are trained

South Africa has limited – almost non-existent – mental health services for Deaf people. Before a Deaf person can access counselling or therapy, a...

High functioning depression is a deceptive adversary

High-functioning depression is a hidden struggle that often goes unnoticed in the lives of many individuals. While the term “high-functioning” may imply that...

Video: high functioning depression and how to spot it

High-functioning depression is not a clinical diagnosis and cannot be found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) which is...

South African children lack psychosocial support. ‘Every school needs a social worker’

Social workers, researchers and teachers are desperate for more psychosocial support for children and adolescents in South Africa. They say it’s a “no-brainer”...

Death in Limpopo psych ward: Who killed Klaas Ledwaba?

When Klaas Ledwaba’s family admitted him to the psychiatric ward of  Philadelphia Hospital in Dennilton, Limpopo last week, they didn’t expect that just...

Stressed and overwhelmed: South Africa’s teachers are ready to drop out 

Nontobeko* is a high school teacher in Khayelitsha, Western Cape. Despite having done the job for more than ten years, she dreads it...

90% of South Africans with mental illness go without care

South Africa faces a high burden of mental health disorders driven by a range of factors, including childhood trauma, poverty, unemployment, the ongoing...