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FILE: The webinar focused on destigmatising men’s mental health. Picture: unsplash.com

Depression

Mental health should get same attention as cancer & HIV – Sadag, GCIS told

By Dominic Majola

A report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) this year stated that the global prevalence of anxiety and depression has increased by over 25% since...

  • FILE: During the first year of the pandemic, there was also a 25.6-percent hike in cases of anxiety disorders worldwide, it found. Picture: unsplash.com

    WHO: Anxiety, depression cases up by over 25% globally due to COVID

    The World Health Organization also found that the COVID-19 crisis had in many cases significantly impeded access to mental health services and raised concerns about increases in suicidal behaviour.

    165 days ago
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    New Sadag guide key to having #RealConvos with teens for Suicide Prevention Week

    The South African Depression and Anxiety Group is helping parents, teachers and communities to navigate difficult conversations around teen depression and suicide prevention.

    180 days ago
  • Belgian singer-songwriter Stromae. Picture: @Stromae/Twitter.

    Music industry wakes up to mental health crisis

    Mental health problems are hardly new in music, as the experiences of Kurt Cobain, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and Ian Curtis of Joy Division make clear.

    194 days ago
  • Actor Patrick Shai. Picture: @patshai/Twitter.

    Patrick Shai's family says it's still processing the news of his death

    In a brief statement, Shai’s family announced that details about his funeral will be shared at a later stage.

    203 days ago
  • FILE: Around this time, many pupils or parents seek help from organisations like Sadag to assist those feeling disappointed. Picture: Taurai Maduna/Eyewitness News

    Sadag urges matrics overwhelmed by results to seek help

    Around this time, many pupils or parents seek help from organisations like Sadag to assist those feeling disappointed.

    205 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Matric results aren't always a party. Here's where you can go for help

    While the release of matric results is generally a cause for celebration, sometimes the wait for the results and the results themselves can take their toll. Eyewitness News looks at the resources available to help young people get through the disappointment of not making the matric pass cut.

    206 days ago
  • FILE: The Johannesburg offices of the South African Depression and Anxiety Group. Picture: Eyewitness News

    SADAG: Parents underestimating pandemic's impact on children

    The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag) has seen a spike in anxiety and depression among teens while families try to navigate through the pandemic.

    356 days ago
  • FILE: Children wearing protective facemasks and extending their arms to enforce social distancing, walk with volunteers of the non-profit organisation and charity group "Hunger has no Religion" in Westbury, Johannesburg, on 23 May 2020. Picture: AFP

    A 'greatly troubling' picture: Children's minds are taking a beating with COVID

    Experts are saying they're seeing a lot more requests for children to talk about anxiety. And government is worried the dangers this poses may become too big for us to handle.

    384 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka. Picture: @naomiosaka/Twitter.

    Osaka says preparing for Olympics, will do news conferences

    The Japanese player had said post-match news conferences were detrimental to her mental health and likened them to "kicking people when they're down".

    405 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka. Picture: @naomiosaka/Twitter.

    French Open chiefs insist they treated Osaka with 'care and respect'

    World number two Osaka was fined $15,000 and threatened with Grand Slam disqualification for refusing to attend mandatory press conferences.

    427 days ago
  • Japan's Naomi Osaka (L) gives a hug to Serena Williams of the US after their women's singles semi-final match on day eleven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on February 18, 2021. Picture: William West / AFP.

    Serena Williams on Naomi Osaka: I wish I could hug her, I know what it's like

    Naomi Osaka pulled out of the French Open after being threatened with disqualification for declining to speak to the media.

    440 days ago
  • Where does one go to discover the language we lack to explain our mental health challenges? Picture: 123rf

    HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Dear young mind, this is your mental health speaking

    This Mental Health Action Day, Haji Mohamed Dawjee asks everyone to listen to what their minds are telling them and discover the language they lack to explain it.

    451 days ago
  • Picture: Hugging is one of the only ways some people who struggle with anxiety can feel some respite. Picture: Ricardo Moraleida/Flickr

    HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Hugs are the parachutes for the fall of anxiety

    'Tis the season for anxiety. So go out and help a friend with a simple, human response, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.

    486 days ago
  • FILE: Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes (left) with his late fiance Anele 'Nellie' Tembe (right). Picture: @AKAworldwide/Instagram.

    Anele Tembe’s death places suicide back in the spotlight

    The much-publicised death of Anele Tembe, fiancé of rapper AKA, who apparently fell from the 10th storey of a hotel in the city centre is also being treated as a suicide.

    489 days ago
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    Cry for help: Sadag receives over 500,000 calls since start of lockdown

    The pandemic has had a severe impact on South Africans' mental health, many of the calls made to Sadag were from people suffering from anxiety about their finances, job losses and the wellbeing of their children.

    510 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    Pandemic or not, people must stay active: WHO

    In an update of its physical activity guidelines, the UN health agency stressed that exercise was vital to physical and mental health, while sedentary behaviour can have serious repercussions.

    626 days ago
  • For reasons that we are just beginning to understand, one family member might be diagnosed with schizophrenia and another with bipolar disorder or depression. Picture: 123rf

    Massive project on African DNA sets out to close knowledge gap on mental illness

    Research on the genetic basis of mental illness has so far largely excluded populations that are not of European heritage.

    636 days ago
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