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Substance abuse is a growing problem in the youth demographic in South Africa, with children as young as 12 admitting to having used and experimented with gateway drugs, such as alcohol and marijuana. The stakeholders that attended the event, including representatives from YMCA, NICRO, DSD, Indlela Mental Health, and pastor Timothy Burton… Read more

Chris Debraine (37), who was bullied and abused as a child, says he had a very bad temper and often acted out, but no one knew what he had gone through… Read more

New Brighton’s Mendi Arts Centre was the setting for a highly collaborative forum discussion homing in on the relationship between education and intellectual disability support. The Indlela Mental Health-led undertaking opened the floor to a provincial stakeholders’ round table for a robust exchange on Tuesday… Read more

Suicide prevalence is again under the spotlight as mental health organisations in Gqeberha gear up for Mental Health Awareness Month in October. This, as experts warn of tell-tale signs of the disturbing trend, which sees at least 703,000 people dying by suicide annually across the globe… Read more

Impoverished communities in Gauteng, the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo provinces are benefitting from Ford’s annual Global Caring Month in September, with 19 non-profit organisations (NPOs) receiving a total of R2-million in grants from the Ford Motor Company Fund… Read more

Abstract

Background

People with severe mental health conditions such as schizophrenia are an underserved and under-researched group in low and middle income countries, requiring evidence to promote development of services for their needs. This study investigated the experiences and coping strategies of people with lived experience of this condition, and their family caregivers, in South Africa during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic…. Read more