Ptsd
latest news & developmentsAfrica’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
The falling down place
While the scars left by the April 2022 flash floods aren’t obvious to visitors to Inanda, the township just northwest of Durban, the collective and individual trauma, often left…
Israeli jets traumatise African migrant workers
Many of Lebanon’s domestic migrant workers are haunted by memories of the Beirut port explosion four years ago
How creativity solves burnout
A great way to commemorate Mental Health Month is by generating creative ideas and encouraging those around you to do the same
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
Q&A with author Mia Arderne: ‘A prayer for the jol not to end
Mia Arderne’s Mermaid Fillet was a lifetime in the making. The author’s vulnerability gives the book superpowers
You can’t beat discipline into a child
Children displaying aberrant behaviour have often been traumatised and require counselling
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.