Poem: 94+ and counting
who's counting
lifeless bodies mounting
on frozen floors
absent doors
dignity stripped
hope whipped
freedom clipped
who's counting
mute citizens shouting
to deaf ears
crocodile...
What you can do when you see someone who might be...
The tragic suicide of a Wits student on the night of 14 October brought into sharp focus that we don't know how to deal...
How to tell when someone is suicidal and how you can...
The World Health Organisation estimates that a suicide take place every 40 seconds, and that records indicate that suicide may happen at a rate...
Wits To Hold Memorial For Engineering Student
The memorial service of the late Wits Engineering student, Sanele Dhlamini, will be held by the university. Dhlamini passed away after falling from a residence...
Just because we can’t see it, doesn’t mean mental illness isn’t...
It was revealed last week that at least 94 mentally ill South Africans died under the state's watch between March and December 2016. The...
Life Esidimeni: More Than Money, We Need Proper Mental Health Care
"Umuntu ngumuntu nagbantu". It takes a village to raise a child. For many African families, this includes aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins. So, when...
Lancet Commission Report Shows Young People Suffer The Most With Mental...
Mental illness is rising in every country in the world - especially among young people - and will cost the global economy $16 trillion...
“My brother would still be around if Life Esidimeni didn’t close...
The Life Esidimeni arbitrations are currently taking place in Parktown, following the deaths of mentally ill patients in government care. Many relatives expressed their...
Life Esidimeni Families To Receive R1.2 Million In Compensation
Family members of the Life Esidimeni victims will receive R1.2 million in equitable financial compensation, the Arbitration led by former deputy chief justice Dikgang...
Five reasons Linkin Park’s music matters
There’s this wonderful thing about music; it provides a sense of community. You listen to it and you feel like someone, somewhere gets you....
An atheist fasts for Lent: Week 4 – Learning to have...
Being atheist doesn’t come without difficulty. It’s like the choice to not have children, or to not get married - or anything that goes...
Safe coping strategies are vital for recovery of rape survivors
The trauma of rape can cause severe emotional distress for the survivor, and feelings of shock, shame, guilt, anger and powerlessness are common. But...
The mental health system in South Africa is not well, say...
On Tuesday, the University of Pretoria (UP), hosted a colloquium on the state of mental health in South Africa and the issues raised by...
Rape is NOT the ‘new normal’
We’re midway through “Women’s Month†and things are pretty much the same as ever. Rape is a daily occurrence. Women are being murdered every...
What repealing ‘Obamacare’ will mean for Americans, and us
The US healthcare plan, dubbed 'Obamacare', marks Barack Obama's career as one of the most decisive and controversial moves he has made in his...
Supporting women with mental ill-health in pregnancy and after birth: lessons...
Women in low- and middle-income countries experience high levels of common mental disorders – anxiety and depression – during pregnancy and the first year...
