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AFRICA CLIMATE CRISIS

Africa’s floods and droughts are messing with our minds. Researchers are trying to figure out how

As climate change intensifies, experts say our health and healthcare systems are going to suffer. But mental health often takes a back seat

  • Tanya Pampalone
15 min read
Nelson Phasha. Photo by Delwyn Verasamy/MG
AZANIAN PEOPLE S LIBERATION ARMY

Former combatant’s lonely pension battle drags on

Bureaucratic hurdles have made Nelson Phasha’s life hell since he returned from exile

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Last week’s looting and violence, which rocked KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, could cause a spike in post-traumatic stress disorder cases among children and adolescents (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
ANUSHA LACHMA

Riots and looting could cause PTSD among children

The South African Society of Psychiatrists has warned that children and adolescents are vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder

  • Charma du Plessis
3 min read
People comfort the sister of a Muslim man who was kidnapped, held for ransom and then murdered when his family could not pay the amount demanded by kidnappers in Paoua town, Central African Republic, January 27, 2018. As CAR’s numerous rebel groups continue to spliter and multiply, banditry and extortion have become the norm of the day for civilians in lawless areas.
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER

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

Meet the Central African Republic’s only practising clinical psychologist

  • Simon Allison
  • Will Baxter
8 min read
What happens when anesthesia works as well as it should? (Getty Images)
ANESTHESIA AWARENESS

This is what it’s like waking up during surgery

General anaesthetic is supposed to make surgery painless. Now there’s evidence that one person in 20 may be awake when doctors think they’re under.

  • Bhekisisa Team
  • David Robson
17 min read