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World Mental Health Day

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Urgently rethinking mental health in South Africa

Suntosh Pillay by Suntosh Pillay 12 October 201519 October 2015

As troops of psychologists flocked into Joburg last month, Emperors Palace morphed into a marketplace of ideas. My everyday work context is a busy public hospital setting, so as I prepared for this annual congress, mental health was on my mind. And it still is, because October is mental health month, and Saturday was World […]

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Mental health: Can one person make a difference?

Sarah Britten by Sarah Britten 10 October 201212 October 2012

How much difference can one person make? Quite a lot, as it turns out. Today is World Mental Health Day, and I’d like to pay tribute to one woman who has made a difference to hundreds of thousands — perhaps millions — of people who need help, and whose efforts have saved many lives. I […]

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