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South Africa does not even have 60 child and adolescent psychiatry specialists and only 20 are in the public sector. (Illustrations: John McCann)
CHILDREN S INSTITUTE

Child and adolescent mental health services facing crisis

South Africa does not even have 60 child and adolescent psychiatry specialists and only 20 are in the public sector

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
The new apartheid is decentralised, encrypted in algorithms, and cloaked in the language of economic rationality and legal formalism and it’s not only in South Africa. Photo: File
COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH ACTION PLAN

In an unequal world, mental health must be redefined

Reducing socioeconomic inequalities and improving mental health are twin goals that cannot be separated; we must demand better from government, while also taking collective…

  • Suntosh R Pillay
6 min read