Suicide Prevention
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Cutting: Why teens turn to self-harm when they don’t have words for their pain
For some teenagers, emotional pain manifests as deliberately cutting, burning, hitting, biting, scratching or picking at their skin
Between the lines: What South African stories reveal about men’s mental health
What happens when men can’t ask for help? These South African books offer raw, revealing answers
The hate you give: On being queer and Muslim in Cape Town
Following the killing of Muhsin Hendricks, the openly gay imam who created safe places for queer Muslims to practice their faith, Zackie Achmat reflects on the dangerous ways…
Examining the Cass Review: Impacts on gender dysphoria treatment in South Africa
If we are concerned with the best interests of children, let’s be open minded and keep talking, respectfully
Take action on suicide prevention instead of just talking about it
World Suicide Prevention Day raises awareness, but there is still much that can be done to stop unnecessary deaths
Suicides need our urgent attention
Treating it with the urgent attention and decisive intervention that it deserves is long overdue
‘The children cannot cope any more’: Suicide in Calvinia highlights lack of support for young
How Covid-19 has intensified the physical and emotional burdens placed on children’s shoulders.