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Depression

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/ 23 February 2012

Efficient trauma counselling is vital

Schools need to put measures in place to effectively deal with trauma among its staff and learners.

By Dessy Tzoneva
Manage stress to prevent burnout
Article
/ 13 January 2012

Manage stress to prevent burnout

Balancing your needs and available resources will help you to cope with life’s demands and stress.

By Dessy Tzoneva
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Article
/ 18 October 2011

New medicine ups the ante on depression

Valdoxane is touted as the best drug yet to fight mood disorders — and it has hit South African shores.

By Mandi Smallhorne
Parkinson’s sufferers get the blues
Article
/ 30 September 2011

Parkinson’s sufferers get the blues

For people with Parkinson’s disease depression is common and disabling.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 12 August 2011

Dragged down by chronic illness

Depression can develop after the diagnosis of a long-term illness, making patients feel hopeless.

By Staff Reporter
Rebuilding the village
Article
/ 28 March 2011

Rebuilding the village

Postnatal depression is rampant where there is poverty as a result of isolation. The solution, experts say, is a return to community life.

By Joanne Lillie
Children: the best thing since Prozac
Article
/ 11 March 2011

Children: the best thing since Prozac

Having experienced depression, the writer feared motherhood would make the condition worse. But, for her, family life has had the opposite effect.

By Viv Groskop
Web of deceit traumatises those who care
Article
/ 4 March 2011

Web of deceit traumatises those who care

Online scammers’ pathological need for sympathy taps into a global pool of goodwill.

By Jenny Kleeman
How to stop punching pot plants
Article
/ 16 April 2010

How to stop punching pot plants

Meditation apparently works wonders for anger, anxiety and depression. But could it rid <em>Tanya Gold</em> of her Incredible Hulk-like rages?

By Tanya Gold
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/ 20 April 2009

Almost one in five South Africans suffer mental illness

Some 16,5% of South Africans suffer from common mental disorders like depression and anxiety, the SA Depression and Anxiety Group said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 27 January 2009

Psychiatrist ruled out committing Belgian knifeman

A psychiatrist said two years ago that the suspect in a deadly attack on a Belgian crèche did not need to be sent to a mental institution.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 24 July 2008

Townships still home to many, but emigration beckons

More than half of the black middle class still live in townships, the majority of them by choice, the Future Fact research project said on Thursday.

By Fienie Grobler
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