Mental health challenges are a severe issue that could lead to suicide if not properly addressed.South Africa has a significant burden of mental health issues,which contributes to the soaring rate of suicide.Ad
South Africa, like many low-and-middle-income countries, has a high burden of mental health disorders [3]. Several factors contribute to the high burden of mental health disorders in South Africa. These include childhood trauma, poverty, unemployment, HIV/AIDS, and a history of political and ...
We found very low mental healthcare treatment utilisation among first-year university students in South Africa, with enduring disparities among historically marginalised groups. Campus-based interventions are needed to promote mental healthcare utilisation by first-year students in South Africa, especially ...
Provincial comprehensive general health policies addressed CAMH issues only partially and were developed mainly to address the challenges with HIV/AIDS, TB, maternal and child mortality and adherence to the millennium development goals. The process of policy development was typically a consultative process...
YOU is a UK organization that provides a range of services to help people facing life challenges, such as homelessness, domestic abuse, mental health issues, learning disabilities, and more. YOU is using technology to enhance its support for people’s mental health and well-being. It uses dat...
Identifying mental health issues is part of their standardised assessment tools. The service also organises referrals to specialised treatment if a need is identified. Yet, families using the service represent only a small subgroup of all annual births. Care and treatment When the parent is the ...
A mental health program is a national plan of action that outlines the strategies and resources needed to address mental health issues in a country. It prioritizes community-based care, deinstitutionalization, and collaboration across different sectors. These programs may also focus on specific populat...
DRIVER: Rising awareness of mental health issues The growing awareness about mental health issues has been a significant driving force behind the increased adoption of mental health screening tools and solutions. In the past decade, there has been a notable shift in societal attitudes towards mental...
Arthur Kleinman’s 2009 Lancet commentary described global mental health as a “moral failure of humanity”, asserting that priorities should be based not on the epidemiological and utilitarian economic arguments that tend to favour common mental health
The first is that there’s been a bias in medical research in Africa towards communicable diseases. This includes HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. The need to eradicate these diseases can not be over emphasised. But this shouldn’t be at the expense of issues such as mental health and its ass...