Mental Health
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Moving People, Caring for People: The Journey to an Inclusive South Africa
ACSA Chairman Irvin Phenyana explores how connecting Transport Month and Mental Health Awareness Month reveals the need for dignity, compassion, and accessibility for…
Without floods, a quarter fewer Africans in this study would have mental health problems
Living through natural disasters like floods leaves deep psychological scars that can last for years. A study across four African countries reveals the neglected mental health…
Our children are connected but are they really present?
A study across South African high schools reveals that while smartphone distraction has a negligible impact on marks, the deeper toll on attention, relationships, and presence…
EmpowaMEN™: South Africa’s National Signature Gathering for Responsible Masculinity and Accountable Leadership
The EmpowaMEN Summit brings together thousands of men, executives, and community leaders in Johannesburg to champion responsible masculinity, male allyship against GBVF, and…
‘When do I live?’ What caring for a relative with schizophrenia costs families
A study in the Eastern Cape reveals the immense financial, social, and emotional toll faced by families caring for relatives with schizophrenia, highlighting the urgent need for…
Psychology congress to tackle GBVF
As outrage over femicide mounts, the Psychological Society of South Africa convenes in Ekurhuleni to explore evidence-based, psychological approaches to ending gender-based…
Social media, success and self-worth: How comparison may affect our mental health
As World Mental Health Day approaches, research highlights how social media comparisons impact self-worth and well-being, showing that how we interpret curated online lives…
Who Cares for the Carers? Malnutrition and its Mental Health Toll
As severe acute malnutrition affects hundreds of thousands of children in northern Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders is addressing an overlooked crisis: the severe emotional and…
Could South African children sue Big Tech over ‘harmful design’?
Following high-profile US rulings against Meta and YouTube over addictive design, global litigation is targeting tech giants—and South African courts could be the next…
Mental healthcare needs our support
Medical doctor and advocate Dr Samke Ngcobo shares how combining clinical expertise with lived experience is essential to reforming mental healthcare systems and ending stigma.
For 20 years, Kwanele Asante told health systems to listen to patients. Then the UN gave her the mic
South African lawyer and bioethicist Kwanele Asante transformed her personal health challenges with breast cancer and chronic illness into decades of fierce advocacy for people…
To stop violent men, look at the boys they were
To end South Africa's crisis of violence against women, research shows we must look at the boy before the violent man and intervene where childhood trauma, poverty, and…
Can flood survivors’ stories make climate science better?
Across four African countries, the Wema project uses digital storytelling to empower flood and cyclone survivors to turn their traumatic experiences into vital evidence, bridging…
Ilembe finally set to get government psychiatric facility after years of waiting
The KwaZulu-Natal government has launched a R148 million project to build the Ilembe district's first dedicated public psychiatric hospital, ending years of patient transfers.
Raising better boys
Westonaria-based non-profit ADOPT A SON is redefining masculinity and supporting vulnerable boys through early mentorship, emotional guidance, and family empowerment.