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Exile, exhilaration and Jonas Gwangwa’s case of the ‘South African Blues’

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 29 Jan 2021

The 1990 documentary ‘South African Blues’ offers insight into the effects of exile on Jonas Gwangwa’s psyche

Unpacking Johannesburg’s myriad anxieties

Friday Theresa Mallinson - 17 Dec 2020

Anxious Jo’burg, edited by Nicky Falkof and Cobus van Staden, acknowledges the city as a real place and not a horrifying stereotype

Compassion fatigue is normal during abnormal times

Coronavirus Dion Forster - 26 Sep 2020

We understand why we become blunted to the suffering of others when we are exposed to too much of it, but we must guard against moral apathy

White noise: Black people will always struggle to breathe and be heard

Opinion Sorayah Nair - 14 Jun 2020

As long as white people refuse to confront their racism they remain robbed of the opportunity to fully understand it and its many manifestations

What relationship therapy can teach us about our connection to the world

Coronavirus Sorayah Nair - 27 May 2020

Handling a global crisis is not that different from dealing with partnership break-downs

4.6 million people, one psychologist: The Central African Republic’s mental health crisis

Africa Will Baxter & Simon Allison - 6 Mar 2020

Meet the Central African Republic’s only practising clinical psychologist

Cyberflashing: Get your dick off my phone

Article Tiffany Kagure Mugo - 29 Jan 2020

It’s the tech version of the street corner flasher — or a man hoping you’ll reciprocate with a clit pic

Conclusions about the effects of digital media are often incomplete, irrelevant or wrong

Article Byron Reeves, Nilam Ram & Thomas N. Robinson - 22 Jan 2020

Humans are barraged by digital media 24/7. Is it a problem?

Could this drug one day come out of the club and onto your therapist’s couch?

Article Molly Carlyle - 5 Mar 2019

Ecstasy users are more empathetic than those who take other drugs – even when not on it.

Dr Sibu Qhogwana

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 31 Aug 2018

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If you possess these 10 qualities, you might be a good fit for a high-stress job

Article Bhekisisa Team - 17 Jul 2018

Scientists studied soldiers with PTSD and even children who'd witnessed a great tragedy. Did they unlock the secrets of resilience?

Racist stereotyping threatens SA

Article Hlumelo Biko - 18 Apr 2017

It is the primary cause of the ‘us against them’ view that is tearing the country apart.

When the sorrow doesn’t end: Could chronic grief be a medical condition?

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jan 2017

The pain of bereavement is supposed to ease with time. When it doesn't, psychiatrists call it 'complicated grief' and it can be treated.

Decolonising psychology creates possibilities for social change

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Oct 2016

An engagement with blackness, black feminisms and black masculinities can help South African psychologists contribute to building healthy communities.

Mental shift: Yoga makes its way behind the walls of South African prisons

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 26 Sep 2016

It's World Yoga Day. Mindfulness has seen a resurgence in popularity and is slowly making its way behind the walls of prisons in South Africa.

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